Medication Training
NEW PROCESS AS OF MAY 1, 2025
Medication Training is a “Hybrid” training and staff must complete all three phases to receive certification. Certification is required every 2 years.
PHASE 1: Monitoring & Administrating (Basic Medication Test)
PHASE 2: MAR Comprehension & Transcription with MCMHA Nurse
PHASE 3: Skills Demonstration
To complete the training, follow these steps:
PHASE 1: Monitoring & Administrating (Basic Medication Test)
- Training consists of reviewing training materials and taking the basic medication test online through LearnWorlds on the CMHPSM Training Portal
- Process on how to access Medication Training on LearnWorlds
- Staff must pass the basic medication test with an 80% or higher pass rate.
- Once the training materials have been reviewed and the staff has received an 80% or higher for the basic medication test, a Certificate of Completion will be generated in LearnWorlds with the test date and test score. Print the Certification of Completion.
- The Certificate of Completion must be verified by the provider agency or self-directed services employer before moving onto Phase 2: MAR Comprehension & Transcription with MCMHA Nurse.
- Once the Certificate of Completion has been verified, register for Phase 2: MAR Comprehension & Transcription with MCMHA Nurse in GOSIGNMEUP
PHASE 2: MAR Comprehension & Transcription with MCMHA Nurse
- Training consists of of testing the ability of staff to transcribe medications on the MAR and pass medications accurately.
- This is an “in person” test session with the MCMHA Nurse. Staff must be registered in GOSIGNMEUP to attend. The test session is from
9:00am-12:00pm. Staff must arrive promptly by 9:00 am to sign in for the in-person check-off.
- Staff are required to provide a picture ID along with the printed Certificate of Completion from LearnWorlds that has been verified by the provider agency or self-directed services employer to complete the in-person check-off.
- Staff arriving after 9:00 am or without a picture ID and the Certificate of Completion will be unable to complete Phase 2. The staff will be asked to notify the provider agency or self-directed services employer to complete Phase 1 and register through GOSIGNMEUP.
- Staff must pass the MAR Comprehension & Transcription test with an 80% or higher pass rate.
- Upon passing, the MCMHA Nurse will sign and date the MAR Demonstration section of the Certificate of Completion. Staff are required to take the Certificate of Completion to the agency provider or self-directed services employer to complete Phase Three: Skills Demonstration with the Provider Agency.
- An email, generated from GOSIGNMEUP, will be sent to the email address listed on the staff’s GOSIGNMEUP account to verify that Phase 2 has been passed and can move on to Phase 3: Skills Demonstration with the Provider Agency.
- Upon failing, the MCMHA Nurse will keep the Certificate of Completion. An email with the failed results will be sent to the email address listed on the staff’s GOSIGNMEUP account and to request the staff to re-register for Phase 2 in GOSIGNMEUP.
PHASE 3: Skills Demonstration with Provider Agency
- The provider agency or self-directed services employer will ensure that staff are competent in medication set-up, passing medications, and the Medication Administration Record (MAR) documentation.
- Skills demonstration is to be completed with the provider agency or self-directed services employer. It is up to the provider’s discretion to determine when staff can safely administer medications independently.
- Upon passing, the provider agency or self-directed services employer is to sign and date the “Skills Demonstration Supervisor” section as well as the “Course Completion Date” on the Certificate of Completion.
- The provider agency or self-directed services employer must complete and sign the “Oral Medication Competency/Protocol Trainer Verification form once staff pass all three phases. The form will be generated in LearnWorlds once staff complete Phase 1 of the Medication Training.