Head of Program
MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND SECRETARY
In our Medical Documentation and Secretary Program, you our students; You are trained to be equipped with information that can work in senior medical personnel or staff groups in medical institutions, undertake administrative and secretarial duties, and support studies in that field.
For systematic tasks such as making internal and external correspondence, organizing meetings, keeping minutes, managing diaries, arranging travel, dealing with questions, taking phone calls, ordering stationery, dealing with mail and e-mails, creating and updating spreadsheets, databases; You will take lessons from our enriched curriculum such as disease knowledge, Anatomy, Medical terminology, Medical documentation, Occupational health safety, Finance-Accounting, Health institution management, Ten finger writing techniques, Health legislation, Communication, First aid. In addition to these, we also have presentations, projects and seminars that will attract your attention and raise you socially such as Communication, Psychology, Social attitudes and behaviors, Hospital information systems, in-field and non-field elective courses.
Our graduates have the opportunity to find jobs in prominent health institutions and private fields, as individuals who are proficient in their profession, can work in harmony in groups, have ethical values, are open to technology and innovation, ask questions and generate ideas.
They are also employed as "Medical Secretaries" in specialist clinics, health centers, doctor's offices, including cancer centers or accident and emergency units, as important individuals who support our senior health leaders while ensuring that frontline healthcare professionals can devote their time to patient care. Persons who speak foreign languages can also be found in non-clinical areas.
There is no formal job entry requirement for medical secretaries. However, employers expect excellent keyboard skills. They may want qualifications in writing or word processing. Employers also expect a good standard of literacy, mathematical knowledge and computing literacy skills. All these skills are the most important of the educational objectives of our Istanbul Kent University School of Health Services, Medical Documentation and Secretariat Program.
You can also progress to more senior roles as a medical secretary or personal assistant. You may be supporting the scientific work of a department. Working accurately and methodically, meeting deadlines, using medical terminology, attention to detail, using your own initiative, working with all types of people, being helpful and reassuring when dealing with patients and their families, having excellent keyboard skills, spelling and grammar, organization You should have key goals, such as skills. Remember that SUCCESS IS HAPPINESS.