About Guided Learning
At SN@P, we have supported the competency assessment of clinical numeracy across UG/PG Healthcare Programmes for the last 14 years. By way of ensuring assessment candidates are fully prepared for formative / summative exams, the SN@P Learner Journey has been developed throughout the 24/25 academic year and has the primary objective of providing both academic staff and students with access to clinical numeracy skill building resources, tailored to field and route specific drug calculations seen within year 1 to year 3 clinical numeracy examinations.
In addition to supporting preparation for year end examinations the SN@P Learner Journey offers academic staff a reduction in workload through providing access to a modular course with the ability to assign specific activities tailored to the content of formative / summative clinical numeracy assessments. The overall aim is for SN@P to not only support academic staff with the teaching and learning of clinical numeracy, but also contribute towards guided learning hours required within UG/PG Healthcare programmes through combining the use of the learner journey course modules and formative / summative assessments.
For further information, please explore the SN@P Learner Journey screencast listed below or contact kieran@snap-ae.com
Learner Journey
Progress throughout the learner journey modules will be saved automatically and is available across any mobile device, so you can dip in and out and fit the course around your availability.
Each module provides introductory theory, a video to watch, examples and reflective tasks as well as an assessment (don't worry, you’ll have the opportunity to practice!).
Module Overview
Module 1: Drug Calculation Overview
- Refresh existing skills across the broad spectrum of drug calculations
- Gain insight into common mistakes made when calculating drug doses
- Develop an understanding of how numerical calculations can be applied across all fields of medicine administration
Module 2: Abbreviations, Units and Unit Conversions
- Gain up to date knowledge of abbreviations used when dealing with medicines and medicine administration
- Refresh and develop skills of calculating doses using abbreviations and having to convert units
- Update knowledge with the correct use of abbreviations in line with current practice
Module 3: Calculating Dosage
- Refresh day to day skills required when calculating doses across all Nursing fields
- Gain insight into common mistakes and errors which can occur when dealing with medicine administration
- Update skills on methodologies involved in calculating drug dosages and key numeracy skills required
Module 4: Administering the correct dose
- Gain a thorough understanding of steps involved to calculate the correct dose
- Develop knowledge around factors contributing to calculating the correct dose including numeracy, clinical checks
- Gain insight into the impact of calculating drug doses on patient safety
Module 5: Infusion Calculations
- Refresh skills required to set up and administer intravenous medicine
- Gain insight into common mistakes made when setting up and administering IV medication
- Develop knowledge surrounding the various types of IV administration, including drip rate, infusion, injection
Module 6: Multiple Step Calculations
- Develop skills regarding steps required to calculate the correct dose
- Gain insight into medication requiring multiple step calculations
- Refresh knowledge of checks required to ensure each step has been accurately calculated
Module 7: Adult liquid dose calculations
- Develop knowledge around common mistakes made when administering adult liquid doses
- Refresh skills on various routes to administer adult liquid doses
- Gain insight into numerical skills required to calculate liquid doses
Module 8: Paediatric dosing oral medication
- Develop knowledge around key differences when calculating paediatric drug doses
- Refresh skills required when calculating child medicine administration
- Update knowledge on specific numeracy methodologies required when calculating child doses