Master medical calculations in an engaging environment! In these fun and practical lessons, you’ll gain the medical math skills you need for anything from calculating dosages to using scientific formulas. Whatever medical field you’re in, the hands-on activities in this course will help you perform day-to-day math tasks quickly and easily. 

First, you’ll brush up your basic math skills. You’ll begin with a review of fractions, decimals, and percentages, and then dive into measurement systems and conversions used in the medical field.  

Next, you’ll do dosage calculations for oral, parenteral, and intravenous medications. You’ll explore three different methods you can use for dosage calculations: proportions, dimensional analysis, and the formula method. You’ll also learn an easy formula that you can apply to many dosage calculations.  

Finally, you’ll get an introduction to basic statistics and probability. You’ll find out how to interpret the latest medical findings for your patients, and journal articles will no longer be a mystery!   

Whether you’re new to the field of medicine or want to enhance your skills, this is the course for you.  By the time you finish these lessons, you’ll have a solid grounding in basic medical math, and you’ll be ready to tackle any calculation confidently.

A new section of each course starts monthly. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.

All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do not have to be present when lessons are released. You will have access to all lessons until the course ends. However, the interactive discussion area that accompanies each lesson will automatically close two weeks after the lesson is released. As such, we strongly recommend that you complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.

The final exam will be released on the same day as the last lesson. Once the final exam has been released, you will have two weeks to complete all of your course work, including the final exam.

Internet access, email, the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser, and the Adobe Flash and PDF plug-ins (two free and simple downloads you obtain at http://www.adobe.com/downloads  by clicking Get Adobe Flash Player and Get Adobe Reader).

This course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your questions. The instructor for this course will be Ben Sellers.

Ben Sellers has more than 17 years of experience in teaching at all levels from elementary classes to college mathematics and statistics courses.  He has taught college students, working professionals, adult learners, high school students, and homeschoolers, both online and in the traditional classroom. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees in the mathematical sciences and has been a mathematical and statistical consultant in industry and in education.  He has taught a wide variety of students in the medical field, including lab technicians, nurses, pharmacists, and aspiring physicians.

“ This course was great! Very interesting. I am glad I took it. ”

“ It’s a very good course for busy people. It was very helpful, boosted my confidence. My attitude towards math has changed because of this course. Thank you. ”

“ A very well done course! ”

“ To help me pass the Pharmacy Tech exam I took this course to refresh what I learned in a continuing education class. This course did that and then some. I am looking for a job and I am excited to get started in a new career. Thank you! ”

“ This was a good class and I liked the way the instructor seemed very real, personable; almost as if we were in an actual classroom. ”

“ Medical math was exactly what I was looking for. Each problem was explained in detail. I copied the chapters and I could practice, practice, practice, until I knew it perfectly. ”

“ This was an excellent course and I will definitely recommend it to students who are interested in pharmacy tech, paramedic, or nursing. ”

“ I felt that the instructor did a very thorough job explaining mathematical concepts and formulae that are present in health care jobs that require math. My confidence soared during this course, as I have always been intimidated by any kind of math beyond addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants to improve their math skills both at work and outside of work. Thank you, Ben! ”

“ I loved this course and I think the teacher did an awesome job. I liked the class because you can take the quizzes as many times as you like, you can print all your stuff out and use it to help you learn the material. I liked the professor because he answered the questions quickly. The discussion area was nice because it allowed the students and the professor to help you. I would recommend this course to anyone that is going into nursing or anyone that is working in the medical field. ”