If organisation comes easily to you, a career as a medical secretary could be right for you. Using your keen eye for detail and your amiable personality, you could be the first point of reference for patients in a hospital, doctors’ surgery or other medical setting.
Take your professional development to the next level with our medical secretary course. Our convenient online learning programme provides you with the opportunity to learn from industry experts and successful medical secretaries, helping you to unlock a career in this vital profession.
Explore our course breakdown below or enrol now to get started.
Course Outline: What You Will Cover
When you enrol on our medical secretary courses, you will complete the following units of study:
1 Medical Terminology - Medical definitions, prefixes and glossary
- Abbreviations and acronyms
- Using medical terminology
- Human systems and anatomical divisions
- Pharmacology
2 Maintain Patient Records - Monitor and review
- Accessing records
- Maintenance of records
3 Prepare and Process Medical Accounts - Provide advice to patients about fees
- Process referrals to specialist practitioners
- Prepare and process medical accounts
4 Organise Schedules - Organise appointments
5 Maintain Workplace Safety - Occupational health and safety
6 Computer Applications - Word processing software
- Office computer systems
7 Writing Correspondence - Letter structure
- Formats
- Editing and proofreading
8 Confidentiality & Privacy in a Medical Environment - Codes of conduct
- Confidentiality and privacy
- Security procedures
9 Phone Skills - Telephone techniques
How Will You Benefit?
There are many benefits associated with enrolling on our medical secretary courses online. For example, you will:
- Fast track your career as a medical secretary
- Learn with a course that has been created with the assistance of senior medical secretaries within the health and fitness industry
- Complete the learning programme at your own pace
- Receive advice and guidance from your own personal tutor
- Avoid the commute by studying remotely
- Take advantage of a 10% reduction in course fees by paying upfront, or opt for our interest-free weekly payment plan
Reap the benefits and sign up for our online medical secretary courses today.
Career Prospects
As a medical secretary, you’ll be integral to the workings of your place of employment. From booking appointments, to welcoming patients, to maintaining all the administrative needs of your workplace, you’ll be the go-to support for both patients and medical staff. Other important duties for medical secretaries include billing, managing patients and taking care of coding for insurance. Simply put, medical assistants are crucial in assisting doctors in helping their patients.
The medical knowledge you’ll develop with our course will help you to provide a reassuring experience for patients and maintain a calm demeanour.
You’ll be able to work in a range of settings, from fast-paced hospitals to tightly run doctors’ surgeries. Becoming a medical secretary could lead to opportunities as a practice manager, administration manager or team leader.
This career path offers considerable security too. The employment outlook for medical secretaries is excellent. Medical secretary careers are projected to have a 20% growth rate, according to the Bureau of Statistics.
Course Levels Explained
Diploma
Our medical secretary course leads to the awarding of a Diploma. This qualification recognises the graduate’s capacity for initiative and judgement across a broad range of technical and management functions. Diploma holders typically have personal responsibility and autonomy (semi-independence) in performing technical operations or organizing others in the workplace.
Prerequisites
There are NO previous work or education requirements for entry into our medical secretary course.
So, if you want to advance your career as a medical secretary, simply enrol today.
Course Length
Students typically complete their studies within 24 weeks.
The benefit of taking our medical secretary courses online is that you can set your own pace. If you would like to fast track your learning, it’s possible to complete the course in just a few months. If you’d prefer to take your time, you can do that, too. We allow a maximum of three years for you to graduate from this course.
Study Mode: Online Learning
Our medical secretary course is taken online as a distance learning programme. Also known as correspondence learning, this type of course allows you to be flexible with your studies, fitting lessons and assessments around your existing commitments. You can learn whenever and wherever you like – and you won’t have to worry about commuting.
Additionally, you will always have access to your own personal tutor, who is ready to help you with any questions or queries you may have. As well as saving you time and money with our convenient online learning programme, our medical secretary course is designed to be practical and engaging to help you complete your studies.
Recognition & Accreditation
This course is recognised and accredited by the International Association of Private Career Colleges (IAPCC) and the International Approval and Registration Centre (IARC). ICI courses are not AQF qualifications. ICI is an independent global awarding body that develops and administers career-related curriculum and training programs. When you graduate from an ICI training program you join ICI graduates in over 150 countries around the world.As with all of our health and fitness courses, it takes a holistic approach, going far beyond the theory of medical and administrative matters. Our medical secretary course will help you to develop the valuable skills you’ll need to succeed in this competitive field.
Already in the Profession or Industry?
Already working as a trained secretary? This is the course for you. As well as helping to refresh and expand your current knowledge, our course will provide you with the expertise you need to work as a qualified medical secretary. Whether you’re completely new to the industry or looking to move from a similar field, our course is one of the most practical steps you can take.
What Do I Get?
All the materials you need to complete our medical secretary course are included in the course fee. Once you enrol, you will receive:
- All required study materials and course notes
- Assignment projects with constructive tutor feedback
- A tutor who will answer all of your course and career questions and provide guidance
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive:
- A graduation certificate officially recognising your completion of studies and qualifications as a medical secretary
- Transcripts indicating the units completed
- A letter of recommendation and validation for current and future employers
- Post-nominal letters placed after your name which indicate that you hold the relevant qualification (for example: John Smith, DipMDs)
- Job search assistance: discover more about our Graduate Career Services Programme
Cut Off Date
Friday, 2nd June 2023 is the next enrolment cut off date. Places are limited, in demand and entry into the course is on a first come first served basis.
Your enrolment is processed and acknowledged within 24 hours of the Institute receiving your application. You can expect to receive your course within days of enrolling. When you start your ICI course it’s at your own pace and you determine when you finish.
Don’t miss out. Enrol today!
