Medical Math & Dosage Calculations for the Health Care Worker, Part 2

In this module you will learn the basics of Medical Math and how to calculate basic medication dosages. We cover the three methods for calculating simple dosages from physician orders: ratio and proportion, dimensional analysis and simple formulas. These files are SCORM packages and can be easily uploaded to your Learning Management System (LMS), such as Blackboard or Desire2Learn. If you want to view or use the files without an LMS, download the files to your computer, extract (unzip) the file, open the extracted folder, and click to open the story.html file. The booster or test will open in your browser window. If used on your LMS, for the booster, the user will be given a score of complete or incomplete; for the pre and post-tests, the user will be given a numerical score. This scoring functionality and completion data is only available if used on an LMS. The SCORM packages are complete and not available for editing. If you would like to include additional information, consider adding the content before or after the booster on your LMS.
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https://moodle.skillscommons.org/course/view.php?id=151
Date:
2016
Primary Material Type:
Online Course Module
Other Material Types:
Tutorial
Institution:
Norwalk Community College
Funding Source:
TAACCCT Round 2
Subjects:
Dosage, Doctor's Order, Tabs, Measurement, Medical, Nurse, Conversion, Metric System, Drug, Intake, Output, Liquid Medicine, Ratio, Proportion, Calculation, Error Prevention, Math, Formula, Decimal, Milligram, Liter, IV, Milliliter, Doctor, Estimate

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Industry Partner:
Microburst Learning worked with instructors to convert and create boosters in an interactive, AIM compliant e-learning format associated with this grant.
Industry Sector:
Developmental Education
Occupation:
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (19-0000)

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Educational Level of Materials:
  • 1st year Community College or equivalent
  • 2nd Year Community College or equivalent
Time Required:
1 hour, including pre and post tests
Language:
English (United States)
Interactivity Type:
Mix of Active and Presentation.
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