Dysphagia - Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines

Overview

Dysphagia - Swallowing Difficulties and Medicines at University of East Anglia by FutureLearn   offers an opportunity to network with other learners and with the creators of the course through discussions, graphs and social networking features and to share knowledge with other learners and professionals. 

By completing this online course participants will be able to describe:

• the swallowing process and different causes of swallowing problems

• the different types of medicines formulations and how these should be administered to patients

• how tablets and capsules are designed to ensure that drugs are appropriately distributed in the body

• special considerations which need to be taken into account when giving medicines to older people and children