Medication Management in Education & Children's Services (MMECS)
Training aim:
To support safe medication management in education, childcare and community services.
Learning outcomes:
Participants will be able to establish and monitor safe medication management
practices in their worksite.
Content:
An overview of safe medication management policy for education and children's services.
Skills training in medication management in community settings.
Materials:
The course is based on the DECS guidelines: Health support planning in schools, preschools and childcare services
A workbook containing the relevant sections of these guidelines will be provided to participants.
Presenter/s:
Registered Nurse
Duration: 3 Hours
Cost:
$60 for a course organised by chess or $130.00/hour plus GST for a regional/group booking for up to 25
people.
Relevant for:
Education and childcare workers (teachers, support staff, trained and untrained childcare workers, Access Assistant Program staff)
Other community service workers responsible for medication management at their worksite.
Note:
The course is consistent with:
Health support planning in schools, preschools and childcare services (DETE 2001).
Disability Services Office Policy: Health Support Training & Competency Based Assessment of Care Workers (2005).
