HLTAMED002 — Support the safe use of medications

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What an assessment for HLTAMED002 must cover

47 assessable components: 5 elements (24 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 6 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Obtain client information and determine client information needs.

1.1Review client records and identify current and past social, medical and medication history.
1.2Recognise client allergies and adverse drug reactions, and contraindications for client use of medications, and clarify with practitioners or other senior health staff.
1.3Consult with client and/or significant others about medication history and any allergies and adverse reactions.
1.4Update client records to include additional medication information provided by client.
1.5Engage client and/or significant others in discussion to evaluate understanding of medication and client’s needs.

2 Deliver information to support clients in their use of medications.

2.1Deliver clear and accurate information in culturally appropriate and safe ways to support client’s quality use of medications.
2.2Provide information to client on therapeutic effects and common side-effects of their medications.
2.3Explain to client, the dosage, frequency and correct routes and methods for taking medication and support client to question and clarify all information provided.
2.4Provide consumer medicines information in a format that assists understanding.
2.5Support and promote role of traditional healers, traditional and bush medicines as an adjunct to western medications.
2.6Encourage client and significant others to ask questions and seek advice about medications from relevant health professionals and resources.
2.7Confirm client understanding of information provided, and support client to make decisions and further enquiries about medications.
2.8Document information provided about medications according to organisational procedures.

3 Provide advice about storage, transport and disposal of medication.

3.1Explain to client how to correctly store and secure medication and importance of doing this.
3.2Advise client on importance of only using in-date and undamaged medication.
3.3Explain to client how to transport medication and importance of cold chain management.
3.4Provide advice on correct ways to handle and dispose of medications.
3.5Confirm client understanding and document information provided according to organisational procedures.

4 Assist clients with medication benefit schemes.

4.1Support clients to obtain prescription medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
4.2Assist clients to access other benefit schemes and supports as appropriate.
4.3Provide information to clients and significant others about the role of government databases in medication and health care management

5 Provide information and support to family and community groups.

5.1Identify requirements for medication information and source relevant information.
5.2Provide clear and accurate medication information to family and community groups, according to their needs.
5.3Inform groups about relevant information sources that can assist better understanding of the use of medications.

Performance evidence

provide clear and accurate information to five individual Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients to support the safe use of their medications
across the five clients collectively, provide information on a total of seven different medications to include: • five prescribed medications • two over the counter medications
for each of the five clients: • provide information on: • Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) benefits and how to access • how to access schemes and programs currently available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people that support access to medications • the role of government database systems in medication and health care management • document, in client records, accurate details of each client contact including information provided
for one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander family or community group, and on one occasion: • source and provide clear, accurate and relevant medication information to assist better understanding of the use of medications for a particular health condition • inform them about sources of further information that can assist understanding.

Knowledge evidence

organisational procedures for client record keeping and documenting information provided
sources of information about medications: • Standard Treatment Manuals (STM) • medicines books produced for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health practitioners • current authoritative medications publications used by health practitioners: • how to access • purpose, format and inclusions • how to use to identify details about medications including what they are used for, how they work, contraindications, common side effects and adverse drug reactions, drug interactions, doses and routes of administration
sources of consumer medicines information and typical formats and inclusions
common terms and abbreviations used for medications and dosages and how to explain these to clients
commonly used prescribed and over the counter medications: • indications • contraindications • potential drug interactions • purpose and therapeutic effects • consequences of incorrect use • consequences of taking via incorrect route • common side effects • potential adverse effects and events including common allergic reactions • storage requirements, including secure storage for particular types of scheduled medicines • transportation requirements including the importance of cold chain management • handling requirements and disposal methods
common reasons for securing medications and methods that clients can use to correctly secure: • keeping medication away from children • theft by those with drug addictions
differences between generic and trade names for medication
types of locally available traditional bush medications and their uses, benefits, side effects and interaction with other medications
complementary roles of traditional and bush healers
overview of benefits provided by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and how these can be accessed
local state or territory, and Commonwealth government schemes and programs currently available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people that support access to medications
the role of government database systems in medication and health care management, and: • types of information recorded about medications • types of medical and health care information recorded • who can record information and how client agreement is obtained • who has access to information and how permission and confidentiality is managed • how clients and their nominated representative can access information about medication records
overview of the National Strategy for Quality Use of Medicines (QUM): • main goal and objectives • how consumers have a role in managing their own quality use of medicines • the role of health practitioners, health workers and health educators.

Foundation skills

Reading skills to:: interpret detailed and sometimes unfamiliar client records, and medication information involving medication terminology and abbreviations.
Writing skills to:: use fundamental sentence structure, medication terminology and abbreviations to complete forms and reports that require factual information.
Oral communication skills to:: provide unambiguous information to clients and family or community groups using plain language and terms easily understood ask open and closed probe questions and actively listen to determine understanding of information.
Numeracy skills to:: interpret and explain dosage requirements to clients.
Initiative and enterprise skills to:: source specific information that meets the needs of specific clients and family or community groups.
Technology skills to:: use digital devices and software to access client medical records.

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Questions about assessing HLTAMED002

What does an assessment tool for HLTAMED002 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTAMED002 needs to address all 47 unit components: 5 elements with 24 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 13 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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