MedTrainer's Healthcare Course Library

Course Overview
This course focuses on the screening, assessment, and safe handling of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). It provides best practices for screening and assessment in healthcare settings, explores special assessments for individuals with ASD, and discusses specific requirements for safely handling individuals with ASD.
Goal
This course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to effectively screen, assess, and safely handle individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in healthcare settings. Course expiration date: 8/9/2025

This course will provide information about transition planning and development of supports for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Course expiration date: 8/5/2025

“Administering Naloxone equips public health agencies, community organizations, friends, family members and others with the knowledge and skills needed to prevent opioid-related deaths by using naloxone, a drug that can reverse an overdose. The training video includes a six point checklist on how to recognize when a person is overdosing and demonstrates how to dispense naloxone and provide post-overdose care.
The video was produced by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Safe and Active Communities Branch as part of a comprehensive strategy to address opioid misuse and prevent overdose deaths.

Pain management during detox and withdrawal are crucial components of well-coordinated opioid treatment programs. Pain management strategies may differ based on patient circumstances, age, gender, ethnicity, and other identifying factors as well as based on state-specific requirements related to treatment eligibility and other regulatory guidelines.
In this course, you will gain an understanding of pain management strategies and discharge planning for opioid addiction and review key factors that may impact state-specific requirements for the administration of pain management therapies. Course expiration date: 5/30/2025

Taking care of older adults displaying challenging behaviors can be associated with negative consequences for the caregiver?? health. This activity discusses what challenging behaviors are, why they may occur, and strategies to handle them.
This course is approved by Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to provide continuing education credit for long term care workers in Washington State.

Course Overview
This course discusses challenging behaviors in older adults and equips caregivers with effective strategies to manage them. Participants will be able to identify challenging behaviors, explore the reasons behind their occurrence, and discover prevention techniques. The course also focuses on providing practical strategies for handling challenging behaviors, enhancing the caregiver’s ability to provide high-quality care while minimizing negative consequences.
Goal
This course is designed to provide caregivers strategies to effectively manage challenging behaviors in older adults, promoting the well-being and safety of older adults. Course expiration date: 4/10/2025

Course Overview
This course provides the learner with an overview of how to implement Person-Centered Care in a long-term care setting for the person with dementia. The course will also define person-centered care, share ideas and resources for providers and caregivers, and discuss how to ensure that the rights of persons with dementia are respected and upheld in care settings. The course also introduces the concept of patient-centered care and highlights the distinction between patient-centered and person-centered approaches. Additionally, it includes PC P.E.A.R.L.S. interventions, which can guide organizations in adopting a person-centered approach for individuals with dementia.
Goal
The goal of this course is to equip healthcare providers and caregivers in long-term care settings with the knowledge and skills to implement Person-Centered Care for individuals with dementia. Course expiration date: 8/26/2025

Course Overview
This course provides an overview of contemporary psychosocial issues affecting older adults and discusses some state initiatives to address mental health care in the older adult population.
Goal
This course is designed to provide skills to healthcare professionals to recognize and address common psychosocial challenges faced by older adults and identify resources and strategies to support the mental well-being of older adults. Course expiration date: 5/30/2025

Course Overview
This course provides an overview of depression, including its signs, symptoms, causes, and impact on individuals’ emotions and functioning. It explores different types of depression that someone can experience and discusses the changes that occur in the brain during depression. The course also covers various treatment options, including medications and alternative therapies, as well as prevention strategies and available resources.
Goal
This course is designed to help healthcare professionals recognize the signs, symptoms, and different types of depression and identify the causes and risk factors associated with depression, treatment options and prevention strategies, and available resources to support individuals with depression. Course expiration date: 7/26/2026