Medical Secretariat
The medical secretary plays a vital role in a medical or paramedical department. They act as the liaison between practitioners, patients, and various departments within the institution, while maintaining strict medical confidentiality. They possess technical, writing, and interpersonal skills to handle requests related to the creation, management, and tracking of patient files and correspondence. Their duties include scheduling appointments, welcoming and admitting patients, answering phone calls, and preparing reports.
Career opportunities:
- Medical establishments such as: hospitals, clinics, polyclinics, medical centers, health centers, etc.;
- Private practice (medical, dental, …);
- Rest home, nursing and care home;
- Pharmaceutical company;
- Forensic Medicine Center;
- Medical and social center (family planning, prison, addiction treatment center, shelter, etc.)
Qualification awarded upon completion of the training:
Medical secretarial qualification certificate specific to upper secondary education for social advancement.
Admission requirements:
To hold a lower secondary education certificate.
Course description:
The training program is delivered over a minimum of two years and includes:
• 660 periods of instruction divided into 12 training units, encompassing teaching activities such as: social security, fees and pricing, medical terminology, rapid note-taking and transcription of medical documents, etc.
• 160 periods of practical training
• 40 periods of preparation for the integrated assessment
Section organizational chart:
Educational materials:
Section: Medical Secretariat – 8ter
Introduction to Computer Science
Rapid note-taking and transcription of medical documents
Office automation skills
: Typing and word processing applied to the medical field;
Social security, fees and pricing
Medical secretarial techniques: medical organization and correspondence
Medical Terminology
Internship: Medical Secretary
Integrated assessment for the section: medical secretarial work