Medication Adminstration Training Program
A Program of the Virginia Department of Social Services, administered by Medical Home Plus.
Skills Covered: Oral liquids and tablets, inhaler and nebulizer, ear and eye medications, topical medications and EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector.
Format: Classroom (8 hours)
Certificate Earned: MAT Certificate (term - 3 years)
Prerequisites: none
Skills Covered: Oral liquids and tablets, inhaler and nebulizer, ear and eye medications, topical medications and EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector.
Format: Online Part 1 (4.5 hours), Classroom Part 2 (3.5 hours). Successfully completing the MAT IS Part 1 online course enables you to print your MAT IS Part 1 Completion Certificate, which is required for admission to the MAT IS Part 2 classroom course. The Part 1 Completion Certificate is valid for 6 months.
Certificate Earned: MAT Certificate (term- 3 years)
Prerequisites: none
WARNING: This course is designed for experienced providers who give medications regularly using the MAT method. There is NO content review or practice in this course, just an online test and classroom skill demonstrations.
Prerequisites: Current or recently expired (within 90 days) MAT Certificate. A MAT Renewal certificate CANNOT be used to meet this requirement, because the MAT Renewal course can only taken for "every other" renewal.
Skills Covered: Oral liquids and tablets, inhaler and nebulizer, ear and eye medications, topical medications and EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector.
Format: Online Part 1 (30 minutes, written test only), Classroom Part 2 (30 minutes per participant, skill demonstrations only). Successfully completing the MAT Renewal Part 1 online course enables you to print your MAT Renewal Part 1 Completion Certificate, which is required for admission to the MAT Renewal Part 2 classroom course. The Part 1 Completion Certificate is valid for 6 months.
Certificate Earned: MAT Renewal Certificate (term - 3 years)
WARNING: ONLY providers who hold a current MAT Certificate or MAT Renewal Certificate are eligible to take the MAT Diabetes Part 2 class that completes this course. You MUST bring your qualifying MAT Certificate or MAT Renewal Certificate to the MAT Diabetes Part 2 class to be admitted.
Prerequisites: Current MAT or MAT Renewal certification
Skills Covered: Administering blood glucose and urine ketone tests, calculating insulin doses, giving insulin by syringe and pen injector, and giving glucagon.
Format: Online Part 1 (3.5 hours), Classroom Part 2 (6 hours). Successfully completing the MAT Diabetes Part 1 online course enables you to print your MAT Diabetes Part 1 Completion Certificate, which is required for admission to the MAT Diabetes Part 2 classroom course. The Part 1 Completion Certificate is valid for 6 months.
Certificate Earned: MAT Diabetes Certificate (term - 3 years)
Skills Covered: The EMAT (Emergency Medication Administration Training) course covers skills that can help you prevent asthma and allergy emergencies. This course covers ONLY administering liquid Benadryl, metered-dose inhalers, and the EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector. These skills are ALSO COVERED in the MAT, MAT IS and MAT Renewal courses.
Format: Online Part 1 (3 hours), Classroom Part 2 (2.5 hours). Successfully completing the EMAT Part 1 online course enables you to print your EMAT Part 1 Completion Certificate, which is required for admission to the EMAT Part 2 classroom course. The Part 1 Completion Certificate is valid for 6 months.
Prerequisites: none
Certificate Earned:EMAT Certificate (term - 3 years)
Skills Covered:Administering the EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector.This skill is ALSO COVERED in the MAT, MAT IS, MAT Renewal, and EMAT courses.
Format: Classroom (1 hour)
Prerequisites: none
Certificate Earned: MAT EpiPen Certificate (term - 3 years)
AUVI-Q: Skills Covered: Administration of the Auvi-Q epinephrine auto-injector. This course is for providers who have been certified in safe auto-injector administration practices (providers who hold a current MAT, MAT Renewal, EMAT or EpiPen Certificate). Providers holding any of these certificates are authorized to administer other epinephrine auto-injectors AFTER receiving additional training in use of the specific auto-injector that they will use. This course may be used to meet this additional training requirement for the Auvi-Q device.
Format: Online (45 minutes)
Prerequisites: MAT, MAT Renewal, EMAT or MAT EpiPen certification
Certificate Earned:MAT Auvi-Q Course Completion Certificate (term - 3 years)
RECTAL: WARNING: You are NOT AUTHORIZED to give medications to children using the skills covered in this course unless you hold a current MAT Rectal Certificate AND a current MAT Certificate or MAT Renewal Certificate.
Skills Covered: Administration of emergency rectal suppositories and DiaStat
Format: Online (45 minutes). Successfully completing the MAT Rectal online course enables you to print your MAT Rectal certificate.
Certificate Earned: MAT Rectal Course Completion Certificate
Prerequisites: MAT or MAT Renewal Certification
A Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving families across Virginia since 2003
8719 Forest Hill Avenue
Bon Air, VA 23235
804.330.5030 phone - 804.330.5032 fax
Medication Administration Training (MAT) is a program of the Virginia Department of Social Services