Courses available on our e-learning hub https://www.prescqipp.info/learning/prescqipp-e-learning/
Medicines use in care homes: Course 1
This course is for care home staff involved in any aspect of medicines use. Students should have previously undertaken basic administration of medicines competency training as appropriate to their care setting prior to taking this course.
This course supports the implementation of recommendations in the NICE guideline on managing medicines in care homes. It also supports statement 3 in the NICE quality standard on medicines management in care homes.
It covers: the role of CQC and the NICE Guideline and Quality Standards; the management of medicines in care homes; management of self-medicating residents; administration of inhalers; administration of eye drops; administration of transdermal patches; administration of topical products; and administration of 'when required' medicines.
The course should take around 2.5 hours in total to complete, but please note that it is designed to be completed in stages and not finished in one sitting.
If your organisation is interested in commissioning this course please check out our flyer below, this includes details of the courses and prices (including volume based discounts).
Medicines use in care homes: Course 2
This is the second of our courses designed for care home staff involved in any aspect of medicines use.
Students should have previously undertaken basic administration of medicines competency training as appropriate to their care setting, and we recommend that students first complete our Medicines use in care homes: Course 1.
It covers: Refused and omitted doses; Covert administration; Controlled drugs; Bulk prescribing; Homely remedies; and Waste medicines reduction.
This course supports the implementation of recommendations in the NICE guideline on managing medicines in care homes.
It also supports statement 6 in the NICE quality standard on medicines management in care homes.
The course should take around 2 hours in total to complete, but please note that it is designed to be completed in stages and not finished in one sitting.
If your organisation is interested in commissioning this course please check out our flyer below, this includes details of the courses and prices (including volume based discounts).
medicines in care homes.
It also supports statement 6 in the NICE quality standard on medicines management in care homes.
The course should take around 2 hours in total to complete, but please note that it is designed to be completed in stages and not finished in one sitting.
If your organisation is interested in commissioning this course please check out our flyer below, this includes details of the courses and prices (including volume based discounts).
Medicines use in care homes: Course 3
The third of our e-learning packages for care homes, builds on the content covered in the first two Medicines use in care homes courses.
The course is designed for all care home staff involved in medicines administration and covers the use of certain ‘high risk’ or specialist medicines that require specific consideration and/or administration techniques.
This course covers: Medicines and falls risk, Antipsychotic medicines in dementia, Administration of anticoagulants, Administration of methotrexate and other cytotoxic medicines, Administration of bisphosphonates and Administration of medicines used in Parkinson’s disease.
The course should take around 2.5 hours in total to complete, but please note that it is designed to be completed in stages and not finished in one sitting.
It includes six modules focusing on key topics, in addition to two case studies that will help apply learning to practice.
Quizzes at the end of each module will test understanding and recap on key learning points, and a pass mark of 70% is required in the final assessment to complete the course and receive a certificate.
