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Compliance Training.
Assist with Self Medication.

Course Details

e3learning has partnered with the Australian Institute of Care Development (AICD) to develop a course for care workers assisting others self medication. The course provides care workers with a clear understand of their roles and responsibilities when assisting clients with medication.

Interactive activities, workplace simulations, and regular assessments ensure participants have a thorough understanding of the training.

Learning Outcomes
  • Knowledge of the difference between assisting with self medication and providing physical assistance with medication
  • Knowledge of the legal and procedural requirements for providing assistance with self medication
  • Knowledge of commonly used medication related terms and acronyms
  • Practical understanding of the processes to follow when providing assistance with self medication
  • Practical understanding of procedures to follow to handle a range of contingencies that may arise
Course Content

The course covers the following key areas:

  • Legal and organisational requirements and steps to follow prior to assisting with self medication
  • The five rights of medication management, acceptable forms of client identification, common abbreviations, reporting and record keeping and observation of the client following administration
  • How to respond to a variety of contingencies, such as incomplete ingestion, refusal to take medication and contaminated or out of date medication

Estimated duration
60 Minutes

Target audience
The course has been designed to provide training for all care workers.

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