Numeracy Tailored To Your Profession
Contextualised and relevant to your chosen field
SN@P Assesssment & Education specialises in profession tailored numeracy to ensure each online learning is focused to the relevant context and level of numeracy required to study and work within any user's chosen field. Organisations within professional industries and awarding providers utilise the assessment and education platforms to support teaching plans and identify numerical obstacles across their student and staff workforce.
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Question Complexity Levels
Snap questions are categorised into three levels:
Basic
SN@P questions categorised within the 'Basic' bank should be used to assess students who are at the introduction stage to drug calculations and numeracy within the context of medicine and healthcare. Typically, academic staff should use questions within the ‘Basic’ banks of field and route specific drug calculations with Year 1 Undergraduate students.
Questions within the 'Basic' category assess fundamental arithmetic skills and simple conversions commonly used in healthcare.
Key Topics:
- Basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
- Fractions, decimals, and percentages
- Unit conversions (e.g., mg to g, mL to L)
- Rounding numbers (especially for medication dosages)
Examples:
- Convert 2.5g to milligrams.
- A patient drinks 750mL of water in a shift. How many liters is that?
- A medication order is for 500mg, but you have 250mg tablets. How many tablets will you give?
Intermediate
SN@P questions categorised within the 'Intermediate' bank should be used to assess students who have completed clinical numeracy skills taught sessions as part of their Undergraduate programme and who have developed an understanding of calculating mathematical scenarios in the context of medicine administration. Typically, academic staff should use questions within the ‘Intermediate’ banks of field and route specific drug calculations with Year 2 Undergraduate students.
Questions within the 'Intermediate' category generally require multi-step calculations, dose adjustments, and understanding of proportional relationships.
Key Topics:
- Drug dosage calculations (including weight-based dosing)
- Intravenous (IV) flow rates
- Ratio and proportion in medication administration
- BMI and fluid balance calculations
Examples:
- A child weighing 15kg requires 10mg/kg of a drug. How much should be given?
- An IV infusion of 1000mL is prescribed over 8 hours. What is the infusion rate in mL per hour?
- A patient needs 0.2mg/kg of a drug, and they weigh 75kg. The drug comes in 5mg/mL vials. How many mL will you administer?
Complex
SN@P questions categorised within the ‘Complex’ bank should be used to assess students who have completed an Undergraduate Healthcare Programme or be considered to have an advanced level of drug calculation understanding as a Year 3 pre-graduation student. Typically, academic staff should use questions within the ‘Complex’ banks of field and route specific drug calculations with Post Graduate students such as Non-Medical Prescribers or Advanced Clinical Practitioners.
Questions within the Complex category often involve advanced medication calculations, critical thinking in dosage adjustments, and real-world application in patient care.
Key Topics:
- Paediatric and neonatal dose adjustments
- Critical care infusion calculations (e.g., micrograms per minute)
- Titration of medications based on patient response
- Complex IV drip rate conversions (e.g., drops per minute)
Examples:
- A neonate weighing 2.5kg requires an infusion at 10mcg/kg/min. The drug concentration is 0.5mg in 50mL. Calculate the mL/hr rate.
- A heparin infusion is prescribed at 18 units/kg/hr for a 70kg patient. The IV bag contains 25,000 units in 500mL. What is the infusion rate in mL/hr?
- A patient with renal impairment needs a 50% dose reduction of a 120mg drug. How much should be given?