Dementia on-line courses: like MOOCs of the morning

A range of very short courses help practitioners work with patients

Dementia Training Australia announces “free online courses” which are “short, mobile, friendly and free to the user.”  There are 10 one-three hour courses for professional caregivers, dealing, among other issues with, over-night care, antipsychotic medication, how pharmacies can help.

Courses come from DTA in partnership with La Trobe U, QUT and the universities of Wollongong and WA, No, they are not badged as MOOCs, but they look like ‘em. It’s a great way to present members’ professional qualification programmes.

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