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Assist With Medication Course

What will I learn?

Make your skills better with our Help Out with Giving Medicine Course, made for people who look after elderly folks. Learn how to talk to patients and teach them well, so they trust you and understand how to use their medicine properly. Get to know the basics of how medicines work, what types they are, and how they mix with each other. Find out how to give medicine safely, including when to give it, how much to give, and how to give it properly. Understand how medicines affect elderly people differently because of their age and other medicines they might be taking. Make sure you write everything down properly and keep medicine safe, so you don't make mistakes and know how to deal with any bad side effects.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate aligned with educational standards
PDF summaries for easy printing
Online support available at all times
Select and arrange the chapters you want to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Build trust: Make patients trust you by talking to them well.

Educate patients: Teach elderly patients how to use their medicine safely and take it properly.

Understand pharmacology: Get to know how medicines work, what types they are, and how they mix with each other.

Administer medication: Learn when to give medicine, how much to give, and how to give it properly.

Ensure safety: Stop mistakes from happening and know how to deal with bad side effects by doing things the right way.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.