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Medication Competency Refreshers Quality Use of Medicines Courses
CODE COURSE NAME & SUMMARY CPD CODE COURSE NAME & SUMMARY CPD
MC009 Remedial Retraining – Right Procedures 0.25 QUM002 Dementia in Client Care 2
• A refresher course on the ‘right procedures of medication
administration QUM002A An introduction to Dementia and Drug Therapy
• What is Dementia?
MC010 Remedial Retraining – Right rules, Regulations & Re- 0.25
quirements • Managing stress in persons with Dementia
• Medication use and Care based therapies
• A refresher course on the ‘right rules, Regulations & Require-
ments of medication administration • Antipsychotic indications
• Antipsychotic adverse effects
Quality Use of Medicines Courses • What is BPSD?
QUM002B Drug Therapy for BPSD
CODE COURSE NAME & SUMMARY CPD • In-depth look at Antipsychotic use in Dementia
• 2 Case Studies
QUM001 Quality Use of Medicines in Client Care 1.5 • Antidepressants in BPSD
QUM002C Care based Therapies in Dementia
QUM001A An introduction to Quality Use of Medicines
• In-depth look at care based therapies
• What is QUM?
• Case study
• How is QUM especially relevant to older persons?
QUM002D Application of care based Therapies
• Basic Pharmacology – what happens when the body is given
drugs? • Application of care based therapies
QUM001B General Issues Relevant to the Ageing Body • Managing aggression and agitation, wandering and intrusiveness
• Physical changes in ageing • Practices for bathing and feeding
• Homeostasis Bowel Management in Client Care
• Drug effects and adverse effects QUM003 1
An Introduction to Constipation
• Responses to disease and drugs
• What is Constipation?
QUM001C Safe and Appropriate use of Medicines
• Causes of Constipation
• Drug on drugs interactions
• Laxative use in client care
• Drug interactions and falls risk
Treatment options for Constipation
• Antipsychotics and BPSD
• Prevention of Constipation
• Drug induced movement disorders
• Drug and non-drug treatment of Constipation
QUM001D Effective and Judicious use of Medicines
• In-depth look at the types of Laxatives
• Is the medicine effective?
• Dose and times of medication
• Therapeutic monitoring and ongoing review of medications
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