SKOMP1100 Administration of Medicine Course description

In this course, the student will learn about the connection between drug administration and patient safety.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competence:

KnowledgeThe student

• can explain key concepts in the field of drug calculations
• can describe the role of drug calculations as part of drug administration and the laws and regulations that regulate it
• describing the procedure for handling drugs from the drug is prescribed until the patient has taken it or it has been disposed of
• referring to relevant legislation and regulations for the use of drugs, including guidelines for documentation, handling of non-conformities and disposal

SkillsThe student

• can report errors and the risk of errors and contribute to the development of the service's quality assurance system for drug handling
• using reference works that help to ensure the quality of their own and others' drug handling

The student masters drug calculations in that he/she can

• use international standards and unitary systems in drug calculations
• calculate doses, concentrations and amounts
• calculate injection and infusion rates (dr/min and ml/hr)
• calculate timing of dose distribution over a specified time interval, within a specified period
• calculate ordinary doses in ml or drops per time unit (0.125 mg/ml or 0.15ml/kg/min)
• calculate prescribed doses in relation to body weight (in kg or body surface in m2)
• calculate the dilution of drugs in liquid form or the dilution of drugs added to solutions for injection/infusion
• assess and check his/her own and other people’s calculations

Competence

The student

• has knowledge and understanding of the connection between proper drug handling and patient safety

Teaching, supervision and various student-active work forms.

The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• Passed qualifying arithmetic problems (100 % correct) in the form of multiple choice questions within a set time before the exam.

If the coursework is not approved after the third attempt, the student will be withdrawn from the exam. The same number of attempts will be given for coursework requirements at later exams.

Supervised individual written national exam

• In drug calculations
• 3 hours
• To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless answer paper

Calculator handed out by the university.

Pass-fail. To pass the exam, the student must submit a faultless exam paper.

Two internal examiners.

Partial overlap with SYKK1300 and SYKP1300.