Medical Receptionist Diploma

Our Medical Receptionist Diploma offers the opportunity to gain high-level professional skills that will help you gain work as a Receptionist or Administrator within a variety of medical environments, such as Hospital Administration, Surgeries or Private Medical Practices. With this Diploma you’ll gain practical and professional administrative skills such as Microsoft Word, Outlook and Business Communications. You’ll also cover subjects specifically aimed for those working within a medical environment such as Medical Terminology and Medical Word Processing.

A big plus with this new Medical Diploma course is the inclusion of an online training course for Socrates GP Practice software, which is one of the electives available, in addition to the 7 core subjects. Once you’ve completed your studies you’ll gain a Pitman Training Diploma that is widely recognised throughout Ireland, where many of our previous students have gained employment in the Medical field.

Is the Diploma for me?

The Medical Receptionist Diploma is an excellent choice if you’re looking to work as a Medical Receptionist, Medical Administrator or Medical Secretary. Pitman Training Certification is renowned worldwide and the success of past students in gaining employment proves this.

Diploma Outline

There are seven core subjects within this diploma:

• Medical Terminology

• Medical Word Processing

• Professional Receptionist Seminar

• Typing OR Typing Speed Development

• Effective Business Communication OR Business Document Production

• Microsoft Word

• Microsoft Outlook

Once you have studied these core courses, you have the option to select one additional elective subject from a list that includes the online Socrates GP Practice course. This extra flexibility ensures you can tailor the diploma to your requirements, making sure you maximise your learning experience with us.

How long will it take, and what next?

The guideline learning time for the Medical Receptionist Diploma is around 140 hours, or 6 to 7 weeks if studying full time.

Once you’ve decided to go ahead, all you need to do is contact your nearest Pitman Training Centre on 1800 532632, and they will arrange to show you around the training centre and talk you through how our flexible training works. After this, you can book your own study times in advance, change them if you need to, and be sure that you will never miss a lesson.