Welcome to your Medications Training module. This module is meant to be an interactive experience and has been designed to include examples and situations you may come across while caregiving in your foster family. The main focus of the module is on the procedures and forms you are required to complete while administering medications to a child or youth. *Please note that if you have any questions or concerns about any information contained within the course or need clarification, please ask the child or youth worker who is supporting you.
The module needs to be completed in the order it is written, but once you have completed the full module, you can go in and refer to sections of content in any order as needed without completing the full course (or quizzes) again. However, please note that it is compulsory to complete this module annually, and that your access to the completed module will expire each year on December 31st of each year. At this time, you will need to complete the full module again.
There are four main lessons in this module and each lesson will contain several sub-topics and a quiz at the end of the lesson. You must complete and pass each quiz and answer all the questions correctly before you can move on to the next lesson. You can retake the quiz if necessary.
To demonstrate module completion
You will be required to demonstrate that you have complete the Medications Module. There is a certificate of completion given at the end of the course. Please download and print this as you will be required to provide your worker or supervisor with a copy of it as proof of module completion.
Module Objectives
By completing this eLearning Foster Caregivers Medication Training module, you will gain in-depth knowledge on the procedures for handling and administering medications to your children in care as well as proper form completion and handling.
Click on each of the lessons below to view lesson objectives.
- Explore medications in general and learn about some of the differences between prescription and non-psychotropic drugs.
- Examine medication labels, the information contained on them, and how to read them to ensure you administer the medication properly to the child or youth.
- Learn about psychotropic medications and some associated high-risk situations.
In this lesson we will:
- Explore some practices for when you initially acquire a medication for a child in your care.
- Learn the procedure once you have received the medication including how to complete the Medication Administration Record / Safety and Monitoring Forms.
- Examine how to obtain consent from the child when administering psychotropic drugs and what to do when the child refuses.
Learn the approved and non-approved ways (routes) for administering medications. - Explore how to administer medication including staying within the medication rights, reading the labels, and the steps to follow.
- Learn the proper procedures for the safe storage and disposal of medications including how to complete the forms.
In this lesson, you will learn the procedures and forms required in the following situations:
- When there are Medical Visits
- When There are Dental Visits
- When the Child Refuses the Medication
- When the Child or Youth Has a Planned Visit Out
- When the Child Moves From Your Home
- When There is an Incident or a Near Miss
- When There is an Emergency Situation
In this lesson we will:
- Review the medication related forms, you are responsible for.
- Recap the different situations in which you would use the different forms with.
- Discover what happens to the forms once you have completed the
Course Materials
- Lessons
- Video Information Clips
- Downloadable/printable tip sheets
- A quiz after each lesson.
Navigational video
Watch the video below.
*Please note that the navigational progress bar referenced in the above video is now located at the top of your screen.
Are you ready to learn all about administering medications ? Click on the first lesson below.