The Medical Secretary - An Introduction

Overview

Experienced secretaries who want to progress their career within the medical profession will learn about a variety of responsibilities a medical secretary has including an introduction to the GP practice, a general and private hospital; as well as psychology, gastro-enterology and neurology. Successful completion of this course will enable you to work towards further qualifications

Aims and Objectives

To give an introduction to the work of a Medical Secretary including responsibilities, practice and structure of the various medical departments in hospitals and GP surgeries.

Develop knowledge of the workings and structure of the medical secretarial profession.

Flexibility of self-paced training methods.

A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide.

The opportunity to gain a widely recognised Pitman Training Certificate in addition to the OCR Medical Word Processing examination and the AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology

Target Audience

Experienced secretaries who have word processing knowledge to an intermediate level who wish to work as a medical secretary

Prerequisites

Comprehensive knowledge of a word processing program, competent keyboarding (at least 40 wpm), good letter layout and office practice skills

Course Content

• Lesson 1: Introduction to GP Practice.


• Lesson 2: Introduction a General Hospital together with Orthopaedic terminology.


• Lesson 3: Introduction to private oral and maxillo-facial.


• Lesson 4: Respiration; cardiology and drug dosages.


• Lesson 5: Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics.


• Lesson 6: Male reproduction systems, the urinary system and gastro-enterology.


• Lesson 7: Psychiatry; Psychology and Endocrinology.


• Lesson 8: Neurology.


• Lesson 9: Dermatology and Gerontology.


• Lesson 10: Sensory organs - Ophthalmology; Ear; Nose; and Throat.


• Lesson 11: Plastic surgery; burns and Oncology.


• Lesson 12: Consolidation

Course Duration

40 hours