Medical Secretarial Diploma

Pitman Training Guildford

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Guildford

  • Class hours

    220h

To provide you with the essential skills to successfully work as a medical secretary. Suitable for: Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills in order to pursue a career in the medical field.

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Location

Start date

Guildford (Surrey)
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1 Portsmouth Road, GU2 4BL

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On request

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Course programme

Medical Secretarial Diploma

Designed for: Individuals who wish to gain essential office and computer skills in order to pursue a career in the medical field.


Objectives: To provide you with the essential skills to successfully work as a medical secretary.

Course Content
Core Subjects

  • Computer Keyboard Skills – Learn how to touch type accurately, using the correct keyboard technique.
  • Keyboard Speed Development – Develop your typing speed to improve productivity using graded copying exercises and timed dictations. A number of stages are available of up to 70 wpm.
  • Audio Transcription – Learn audio typing techniques to produce business documents to a high degree of accuracy and skill.
  • Effective Business Communication – Learn to communicate effectively in business – by letter, email, telephone and personal presentations.


    OR
  • Business Document Production – Develop skills and understanding of routine and complex business documents.
  • Microsoft Word – Learn word processing skills to a good business standard.
  • Microsoft Word Expert – Learn advanced word processing skills including mail merge, creating graphs, creating and running macros, creating an index, table of contents and more.
  • Microsoft Excel – Learn spreadsheet skills to a good business standard..
  • Microsoft Outlook – Learn how to share, manage and schedule information electronically.
  • Microsoft PowerPoint – Gain competency in creating slide presentations. Areas covered include formatting, inserting tables, pictures, sound, hyperlinks, and applying transition and timing effects to a slide show
  • The Medical Secretary – An Introduction - Develop medical secretarial skills to include terminology covering a whole range of medical specialisations. Successful completion of this diploma enables students to take an AMSPAR (Association of Medical Secretaries, Practice Managers and Receptionists) examination in Medical Terminology.
  • Medical Audio Transcription – Learn to accurately transcribe documents containing medical terminology from audio dictation.


    Recommended Electives – choose TWO:
  • Create, Manage and Integrate Files
  • Health and Safety Essentials
  • Go-Make a Difference!
  • OCR examinations, as appropriate (at participating centres only)
  • Introduction to Computers
  • Microsoft Word Expert
  • Internet Skills
  • Office 2007 Fast (Modules 1-3)
  • Office 2007 Fast (Modules 4-6)


    The above are recommended electives for this Diploma. Alternative subjects may be chosen. Please discuss all the options with your Course Advisor.
    Benefits
  • Equip you to start a new career.
  • The flexibility and value of a self-study course designed to enable you to work at your own pace.
  • Personalised workbooks to use as a reference guide on completion of your training.
  • The opportunity to gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is recognised nationally and internationally by employers.



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