Delivered in our training centre these specialist secretarial courses courses provide the benefits of flexible delivery with personal support from our expert tutors to ensure that you make rapid progress through your learning programme. You will work with the live application, allowing you to gain confidence in its operation so that by the end of the course you are fully prepared to use your new skills in the workplace.

Medical Secretary Introduction

Effective Business Communication

Experienced secretaries who have word processing knowledge to an intermediate level who wish to work as a medical secretary. The student is required to have a comprehensive knowledge of a word processing program, competent keyboarding (at least 40 wpm), good letter layout and office practice skills.


The course takes about 40 hours to complete and covers the following topics:


Lesson 1 - Introduction to GP Practice.
Lesson 2 - Introduction to a General Hospital together with Orthopaedic terminology.
Lesson 3 - Introduction to Private Practice, Oral and Maxillo-facial.
Lesson 4 - Respiration, Cardiology and Drug dosages.
Lesson 5 - Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics.
Lesson 6 - Male Reproduction System, 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.


The course features:-


1. AMSPAR (Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers, Administrators and Receptionists) Short Course Approval.

 

2. Course follows syllabus for the OCR Medical Word Processing Stage II examination and the AMSPAR Certificate in Medical Terminology.

 

3. Comprehensive workbook which includes specialist medical clipart.

 

4. Comprehensive self-assessments.

 

5. Extensive reference section.

 

6. Exercises which emulate documents used in hospitals and GP surgeries.

 

7. A variety of learning media employed.

 

8. Externally marked assessments which follow the syllabus for the OCR and AMSPAR examinations.


9. Baillière’s Nurses’ Dictionary included.

 

Medical Audio Transcription

Effective Business CommunicationDesigned for medical secretaries seeking to learn how to transcribe documents containing medical terminology. Students are required to have word processing and audio transcription skills to a proficient level. Ideally students should have taken the Medical Secretary Introduction course.


The course lasts about 12 hours and covers the following topics:

1. Lesson One – Including:

Simple sentences containing medical terminology, letter from Consultant Ophthalmologist, letter from Consultant Gastro-Enterologist, memo to Community Health Care Services, referral letters from GP to Consultant.


2. Lesson Two – Including:

Referral letter to Consultant Dermatologist, letter from ENT Registrar, letter from Senior Registrar to GP, Memo to Community Health Council, Clinic Notice.


3. Lesson Three – Including:

Letter to GP from Senior Registrar in Oncology department, letters from Consultant Physician, memo from Surgical Registrar to GP, Clinic Information Notice, memo from Practice Nurse.


4. Lesson Four – Including:

Referral letter from GP, memo from Medical Records Officer, GP letter to Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, letter to Consultant, memo from Chief Executive.