Overview

This programme is designed for people who wish to gain a recognised award and which will enable them to begin work or enhance their career in Medical Reception and Medical Administration roles. The course is structured to provide students with a broad understanding of the range of reception and administrative support roles in a medical or health care environment, and develop the skills necessary to be successful.

Course Content (you can download the course outline for full details)

The course is divided up into seven units, as follows:

1: Reception Skills

• General reception skills

• Duties of a Medical Receptionist

• Telephone skills

• Customer service

• Making and recording appointments

2: Office Administration

• Record keeping

• Communications

• Time management

3: Technology

• Typing and keyboard skills

• Microsoft office software

• Common medical software

4: Medical Terminology

• Origins of structure and medical terms

• Composition of medical words

• Terminology of body structures, systems, diseases and conditions

• Titles, professional qualifications and professional bodies

• Eponyms, acronyms and abbreviations in common use

5: Working with Medicines

• Drugs awareness

• Legislation governing medicines

• Medicines

• Controlled Drugs

• Drugs disposal

6: Hygiene

• The importance of hygiene

• How to maintain hygiene standards

• Cleaning for infection control

• Waste disposal for infection control

• Health care associated infections

7: Confidentiality

• The need for confidentiality

• The legal position

• Best practice

• Other legislation associated with record keeping

Study Method
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of enrolment.

Assessment
Each element is followed by a written assignment, which is submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.

Course Certification
At the end of this course successful learners will receive a Certificate of Achievement from ABC Awards and Certa Awards and a Learner Unit Summary (which lists the components the learner has completed as part of the course).

This course has been endorsed by ABC Awards and Certa Awards for its high-quality. The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course and/or training programme is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

Course Duration
Students may register at any time and have a full year to complete their studies. The course will take around 90 hours of study to complete.

Purchasing

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