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Education and Training
We offer practical, evidence‑based training for aged‑care teams and prescribers, delivered in person or virtually.
Residential Aged Care Facilities
For Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs)
Our facility‑focused training equips your care team with up-to-date knowledge and practical tools to manage medications safely, reduce risks, and support compliance with national aged‑care standards.
Psychotropic Stewardship & Restraint Reduction
Understand the safe use, review and reduction of antipsychotics and sedatives in aged care. Explore alternatives to chemical restraint and how to meet Quality Standards 3 and 4 through evidence-based practice.
Medication Error Reduction
Learn how to reduce the risk of administration errors, missed doses, duplication, or misdocumentation. Covers best practices for medication rounds, incident reporting, charting, and team communication.
Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)
Support appropriate antibiotic prescribing, reduce overuse, and align with national AMS strategies. Learn how to identify unnecessary antibiotic use and support infection control with non-drug alternatives.
Deprescribing in Aged Care
Apply deprescribing frameworks to simplify medicine regimens, especially in frailty, cognitive decline or end-of-life care. Learn how to identify low-value therapies and communicate changes with prescribers and families.
PRN & High-Risk Medicine Monitoring
Clarify when PRNs are appropriate, how to monitor their use, and when to escalate. Topics include benzodiazepines, opioids, insulin, anticoagulants, and medicines requiring close observation.
Medication Governance & Documentation
Strengthen your internal policies, staff practices, and audit readiness. Covers storage, labelling, consent, handover, documentation, and the links between medicine systems and accreditation compliance.
Falls, Sedation & Polypharmacy Risk
Understand how multiple medicines can contribute to falls, fatigue, and cognitive impairment. Learn how to spot red flags and raise concerns with the GP or pharmacist early.
Residential Aged Care Facilities Prescribers and GPs
Residential Aged Care Facilities Prescribers and GPs
For Prescribers
We offer targeted, clinician-focused training to help you manage highrisk prescribing, refer effectively for review, and optimise medicine regimens for older patients - whether living in the community or residential care.
Making the Most of RMMR & HMR Referrals
Understand when and how to refer for pharmacist-led reviews. Covers ideal patient profiles, referral criteria, PBS compliance, and integration with your clinical workflow.
Deprescribing in General Practice
Explore step-by-step deprescribing approaches, prioritisation strategies, and how to manage shared decision-making. Includes tools and examples for statins, sedatives, PPIs, antipsychotics and more.
Prescribing Psychotropics Safely
Covers the clinical, legal and ethical aspects of prescribing psychotropics in aged care. Learn about indication, documentation, trial reduction, and managing family/staff expectations.
AMS in Primary & Aged Care
Learn how to reduce unnecessary antibiotic scripts in older adults. Covers UTI overdiagnosis, empirical prescribing, resistance risks and aligning with national AMS priorities.
High-Risk Medicines in Older Adults
Review common prescribing pitfalls with anticoagulants, insulin, opioids, and polypharmacy. Learn how to assess cumulative risk and adjust therapy in frailty and multi-morbidity.
Medication Safety at Transitions of Care
Minimise prescribing risk during hospital discharge, admission to care, or post-acute events. Covers medication reconciliation, role of pharmacists, and risk flags to watch for.
Delivery Mode
On-site education
We deliver sessions directly at your facility or practice, timed to fit team meetings, handovers or clinical huddles.
Live webinars
Ideal for remote GPs or aged care teams. Fully interactive, screen-share enabled, and accessible on any device.
Virtual training
One-on-one or group sessions via Zoom or Teams. All materials provided in advance with optional follow-up Q&A.
Coming soon: LMS modules
Self-paced, on-demand training modules for new staff onboarding or refreshers — trackable by facility manager.
Custom packages
We tailor delivery based on your risk profile, clinical incidents, staff turnover, or areas flagged during audits.
Your questions answered
Frequently Asked questions
Who can attend the training sessions?
Any aged-care team member, GP, nurse, carer, or allied-health staff involved in medicines use or decision-making.
Can we book recurring sessions for onboarding?
Yes. We recommend quarterly or semi-annual training blocks, especially for facilities with regular new staff.
What does the training cost?
Our pricing depends on the session type, number of participants, and delivery mode (on-site, virtual, or webinar). We’re happy to provide a quote based on your team’s needs — just reach out to discuss.
Is this training CPD-accredited?
While not CPD-accredited, sessions align with best-practice and can be documented as internal clinical education.