This Pitman Training programme is recognised as one of the most thorough medical secretarial courses and is designed to give an introduction to the work of a Medical Secretary including the responsibilities, practice and structure of the various medical departments in hospitals and GP surgeries.

It will help you develop knowledge of the workings and structure of the medical secretarial profession.

This course will require approximately 60 hours of study time at our comfortable London, (High Holborn, Notting Hill) or Manchester training centres and will cover the following lessons:

• Lesson 1: Introduction to GP Practice.
   
• Lesson 2: Introduction to a General Hospital together with Orthopaedic medical terminology.
   
• Lesson 3: Introduction to private oral and maxillo-facial.
   
• Lesson 4: Respiration; cardiology and drug dosages.
   
• Lesson 5: Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics.
   
• Lesson 6: Male reproduction systems, the urinary system and gastro-enterology.
   
• Lesson 7: Psychiatry, Psychology and Endocrinology.
   
• Lesson 8: Neurology.
   
• Lesson 9: Dermatology and Gerontology.
   
• Lesson 10: Sensory organs - Ophthalmology; Ear; Nose; and Throat.
   
• Lesson 11: Plastic surgery; burns and Oncology.
   
• Lesson 12: Consolidation.