Regarding patient and community safety, it is important to prepare learners of all disciplines for safe handling of medications before they transition into real-world healthcare practice. Simulated medications allow room for learners to make mistakes while practicing medication packaging and dispensation and administration, developing their confidence and hands-on skills with no harm to patients.
Learning to read medication labels and gaining familiarity with a variety of medication names, abbreviations, and doses, is crucial to reducing risk of future medication errors. Repeated practice with simulated medications can help prevent accidentally administering incorrect dosages or the wrong medication.
Our simulated electronic medical records, SimEMR® and MedSkills™, include a preloaded formulary utilizing some incredible simulated medication brands: Pocket Nurse® Demo Dose®, Wallcur® PractiMeds™ and SEPhT TeachMEDS. Any additional simulated medication brands your facility might utilize can easily be added to the formulary in SimEMR® or MedSkills™ as well.
These medications integrate seamlessly with our medication carts and cabinets, utilizing MedsManager™ for stocking, dispensing, and administering.
First responder disciplines may practice dosing and administration techniques, while pharmacy learners may practice compounding and packaging. Utilizing SimEMR® or MedSkills™ and one of our many medication carts, nursing disciplines can practice everything from patient documentation to barcode scanning for administration at the bedside.
Learn more about our partners here:
Demo Dose®
Demo Dose® is a brand manufactured by Pocket Nurse®, created for educational use only as a teaching tool for handling medication. Demo Dose® simulated medications typically misspell the medication name that they simulate usually by omitting the final vowel of the generic name. Demo Dose® labels clearly state, “For educational purposes only” and stress “Not for human or animal use.”
PractiMeds™
Wallcur® has been a leading innovator and provider for educational training and simulation in nursing, medical assistance, pharmacy, EMT, the medical corps, and other allied health programs throughout the world. Practi™ brand guarantees the highest quality, true-to-life realistic design, creating a safe and authentic practice that is easily integrated into any new or existing curriculum. Practi-products include practice meds for unit dosages, reconstitution for IV’s, ampule and vial handling, injection techniques, and much more.
TeachMEDS
TeachMEDS are simulated medications created by SEPhT. SEPhT is led by Karen Davis who has been a pharmacy technician and educator for over 28 years. Karen Davis has worked in every area of pharmacy including long term care, community, institutional, indigent, and infusion. TeachMEDS includes NDC numbers, barcode labels, lot numbers, expiration dates, usual dosage, and classifications on every label making it easier for stocking and dispensing the simulated medications. Custom med kits are also available upon request.
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