Safe management of medication in schools
Friday 21 November, 10:30 - 15:30
Venue: Online – Zoom
Audience
This training day is designed for pastoral and medical staff in boarding schools, who have
responsibilities for managing and / or administering medicines for pupils in schools.
Course outline
This course will be delivered by an experienced Pharmacist trainer from OPUS. The ‘Supporting Pupils’ guidance advises that ‘all school staff should have sufficient training’ in medicines handling.
This seminar will provide an overview of the safe procedures for handling medicines within school & when out on school trips, and will focus on ways to reduce medicines errors in schools.
The seminar will include case studies and activities throughout.
Training topics will include:
- Ordering and supply of medicines
- Medicines storage
- Administration of medicines
- Disposal of medicines
- Controlled Drugs
- Recording
- Buccal midazolam
- Adrenaline auto-injectors
- Salbutamol inhalers
- Self-administration
- Covert administration
- Homely remedies
- Residential trips
- Individual Health Care Plans (IHCPs)
- Medicines audits
- Incident management
- Safeguarding
- Training and competency assessment
- Importance of good communication between healthcare professionals, parents & staff
- Medicines from overseas
- Medicine containers
- Medicines received from parents
- Medicines challenges around school holidays
Learning outcomes:
- To give delegates an introduction of how to manage, store, administer, dispose and record
different forms of medicines for pupils in schools - To update delegates on the latest guidance and legislation in handling medicines in schools and the related training and competency requirements
- To signpost delegates to accredited medicines training and resources for schools, in order to upskill their staff team
- To empower delegates to lead by example back in their school setting, to promote best
practice and ensure exceptional care with medicines is provided to all pupils they support
Cost
- Member Rate: £175
- Non-member Rate: £350*
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