This Medication Administration Virtual Classroom Training Course provides healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required to safely manage, administer, and support the use of medication.
Medication can be dangerous when misused but, when managed correctly, it is a powerful tool to improve and maintain a person’s health. This course refreshes healthcare professionals’ knowledge of safe medication practices while promoting dignity, independence, and respect for service user choices.
Who Is This Course For?
The Medication Administration Virtual Classroom Training Course is designed for healthcare professionals responsible for receiving, storing, administering, and disposing of medication.
What To Expect From Your Training
You will join other participants in a fully interactive virtual course, delivered in real time by an experienced trainer via webcam. The course includes group discussions, scenario-based learning, and opportunities to ask questions, creating a classroom-style experience from home.
To take part, you will need:
- A laptop, tablet, or smartphone with access to the latest version of Zoom
- A stable internet connection
- A working microphone and camera
- Speakers or headphones
- A quiet environment to fully participate
Course Etiquette
- Treat the virtual classroom as you would a physical classroom
- Dress appropriately and keep your face visible throughout the session
- Participate actively in discussions, breakout rooms, and activities
- Do not leave the course for appointments or attend while travelling
- Do not complete other work during the training
- Eating is only permitted during scheduled breaks
Why Should You Attend a Virtual Course?
This level of training requires interaction, discussion, and expert guidance that cannot be fully delivered through self-guided e-learning.
Our Medication Administration Virtual Classroom Training Course includes real-life scenarios and discussions that allow delegates to ask questions, explore challenges, and develop a stronger understanding of safe medication practice.
Objectives
By the end of this course, delegates will understand:
- Professional duties and legal obligations
- The importance of reporting medication errors and lapses in care
- Competence limits and responsibilities
- Effective verbal and non-verbal support
- Communication barriers and how to overcome them
- Factors affecting comfort, dignity, and independence
- Consent requirements and appropriate support
- Basics of pharmacokinetics
- Prescription and medication chart interpretation
- Safe medication preparation using the non-touch technique
- Medication intake verification
- Safe medication disposal and record keeping
- Infection control measures
- Buccal administration and self-administration
- Medication dosage calculations
- Common prescribing errors and escalation procedures
Course Content
- Legislation
- The 8 rights of medication administration
- Classification and types of medication
- Routes into the body
- Maintaining records
- Prescribing medication
- Types and causes of medication errors
- Storing and disposing of medication
- Self-administration and supporting independence
- Contraindications, allergies, and overdoses
- Monitoring dosage systems
- Medication calculations
