Taking medications module

The module at a glance

Activity	Time Allocation	Key content
1. Welcome	10 mins	Self introduction Housekeeping
2. Overview of the education philosophy and group rules	5 mins	Education philosophy Group rules
3. Introductions and burning issues	10 mins	Group introductions and participant questions
4. Medications and your care plan	20 mins	Participant’s individual care plan Personal medication records Consumer medicine information (CMI) Complementary and alternative medicines
5. Glucose lowering medications	30 mins	Types of medication; modes of action Hypoglycaemia risk Hypoglycaemia signs and symptoms Hypoglycaemia management
6. Medication adherence	20 mins	Medication adherence questionnaire Barriers and solutions to medication adherence
7. Safety issues	10 mins	Driving and diabetes Road Traffic Authority (RTA) requirements Medic Alerts
8. Self care goal	15 mins	Designing a self care goal
9. Close	10 mins	Burning issues Options to attend other Diabetes Self Care Program (DSCP) modules

Estimated teaching time for this module is 2 hours and ten minutes.