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Medical Secretary Training
Are you looking for a job in a growth market and acquire new skills in the medical and paramedical?
Give your career a boost with our Medical Secretary course in Geneva and Lausanne, either face-to-face or online.
- Relational and administrative management of a medical secretariat
- Medical Terminology
- Understanding the specific nature of the sector
- Health insurance and tariff structures
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What do our learners think?
- Sabrina
I'm about to start my training as a medical secretary and the phone calls with Sabrina, my advisor, were really good. That's why I'm going to this training centre. I also find the weekend courses really good if you work during the week. I highly recommend
- Chiara
- Morad
Hello everyone, I'd like to thank Linea Formation for the pleasant time I spent with them. Special thanks go to my trainer for her teaching skills and kindness, and also to the director, Mr Boussalem, for his welcome and advice. I found a job in an EMS at the end of my course and I'm very grateful to Linea Formation for that!
Want to learn a new trade?
Train to become a Medical Secretary! Discover our 8-module programme below for a complete training course.
Your main missions will be :
- Welcoming patients (face-to-face and by telephone)
- Making an appointment
- Medical records management
- Relations with medical, technical and hospital services
THE PROGRAMME
Discover our programme to become a Medical Secretary
Whether you choose distance learning or online, you'll benefit from the same programme, which takes less than 3 months to complete.
The aims of the medical secretary course :
- Acquire the necessary skills and perfect the professional techniques required for the relational and administrative management of a medical secretariat.
- Learn medical terminology
- Understanding the specific characteristics of the sector (organisation, structure, funding system and ethics)
- Understand the characteristics of health insurance and tariff structures
- Knowledge of the medical environment
- Learning to take notes
- Swiss medical legislation
- Understanding of spelling and medical vocabulary
- Medical terminology
- Anatomy
- Pharmacology
- Pathologies
- Applying and complying with hygiene rules
- Fee management
- Monitoring cash receipts
- Billing
- Understanding the pricing system
Mastery of the French language.
- Techniques for organising and managing a medical practice
- Administrative and office methods (time management, planning, creating, filing and archiving letters and patient files, organising an event, passing on information)
- Administrative management of the patient (creation and management of medical records, management of medical forms, management of hospitalisation, additional examinations)
- Written and oral communication in the medical practice
- Providing information and explanations to patients (details or locations of prescriptions or additional examinations, organisation of visits and consultations, management of calls and specific requests from patients; explanation of how medical expenses are covered).
Dissertation and presentation on the job of medical secretary.
- Doctor's surgery
- Hospital
- Private clinic
- Paramedical practices
With this diploma, you can work in
various structures such as :
- Doctor's surgeries
- Care facilities
- Private clinics
- Hospitals
- EMS
Our next training sessions :
For the training session from 15/02/2025 to 04/05/2025 (Geneva) :
Face-to-face on the weekends of 15 and 16 February, 1 and 2 March, 5 and 6 April, 3 and 4 May from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Total: 64 hours
Distance learning: evening classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 7pm to 9.30pm:
Total: 86 hours
Module 8: pre-professional work placement 120 to 160 hours in a doctor's practice, a hospital, a private clinic, an EMS or a paramedical practice (the placement can be completed during the apprenticeship or after the 7 modules)
For the training session from 17/05/2025 to 27/07/2025 (Geneva) :
In person on the weekends of 17 and 18 May, 31 May and 1 June, 28 and 29 June, 26 and 27 July from 9am to 5pm.
Total: 64 hours
Distance learning: evening classes on Mondays and Thursdays from 7pm to 9.30pm:
Total: 86 hours
Module 8: pre-professional work placement 120 to 160 hours in a doctor's practice, a hospital, a private clinic, an EMS or a paramedical practice (the placement can be completed during the apprenticeship or after the 7 modules)
Register now for our next session
training
And join our graduates!
Where does the training take place?
Training to become a medical and paramedical secretary takes place in Geneva: Rue de Lausanne 82, 1202 Geneva.
How much do school fees cost?
School fees cost 3625 Frs.
The fee is all-inclusive, from enrolment to successful completion of the course.
You can also pay in instalments.
