Medical secretary / hospital secretary training: Experience report by Simone Joss, responsible for the course - Acquisition of skills for employment in a medical practice or hospital secretary's office.

Tell us about your background.

My name is Simone Joss and I am the course leader in the areas of "Health & Social Affairs" - so I am also responsible for training to become a medical secretary and hospital secretary.

What goals does the Feusi Training Center pursue in health training?

It is important to us to offer further training in business administration for various professions in the healthcare and social services sector. The aim is to enable people to switch from working "on people" to working "with people" without fundamentally changing their place of work or sector. Our further training courses create prospects, salary incentives and the opportunity to establish yourself in multiple shifts and specific areas.

What courses does the Feusi Training Center offer in the health or social sector?

You can attend the following courses at the Feusi Training Center in the area of Health & Social Affairs:

• Certified medical secretary and hospital secretary
• Medical secretary H+
• Certified medical practice manager
• Medical Team Leader SVMB
• Medical practice coordinator SVMB practice management direction
• Medical practice coordinator, practice management direction, federal FA
• Medical practice coordinator clinical direction
• Medical practice coordinator, clinical specialization, federal FA
• Specialist in rehabilitation technology VSK
• Specialist in rehabilitation technology, federal FA
• Company mentor VSK
• Company mentor, federal FA
• Changeover and re-entry course for MPAs (Solothurn)
• Refresher X-ray for medical practice assistants (Solothurn)

For whom is the medical secretary and hospital secretary course particularly suitable?

Classroom at Feusi for medical secretary training

This course for medical secretaries and hospital secretaries is a recognized second course for those who are either already working in a healthcare profession or those who lack in-depth specialist knowledge and want to continue their education in the medical field. Further training as a medical secretary/hospital secretary also often serves as a career re-entry.

What career prospects do you have as a medical secretary (or hospital secretary) after completing the course?

Training and further education in medical and administrative subjects for medical secretaries/hospital secretaries is primarily aimed at future employees of hospitals (departmental, medical and head physician secretariats, administration, personnel administration), private medical practices, group practices, institutes, homes, clinics, public health offices, pharmaceutical industry secretariats and health insurance companies.

What do participants learn in this training course?

In the further training course for medical secretaries/hospital secretaries, you will deal with the following learning content and acquire specific specialist knowledge:

• Medical subjects such as anatomy, pathology and medication theory
• Medical terminology
• Medical correspondence, medical statistics, AESKULAP software and IT
• Industry knowledge S+G (hospital and healthcare)
• Practice organization
• Social and health insurance
• Psychology (in the 2nd semester)

How much does this diploma course in healthcare cost?

• Further training to become a medical secretary costs CHF 1,420 per quarter.
• The course lasts a total of 2 semesters.
• There is a one-off registration fee of CHF 210 for the medical secretary course.
• Books, diploma fees and school materials are charged additionally.
• CHF 100 will be charged as a flat-rate copying fee.

What makes the educational locations of Bern and Solothurn particularly interesting for students?

Medical secretary training at the Bern site

Our strengths in medical secretary/hospital secretary training are:

• It's about people and solutions.
• Individual and flexible solutions are important to us.
• Extremely practice-oriented
• A very central location (cf. public transport and car)

Why should students choose the Feusi Education Center?

At the Feusi Training Center, you benefit from the following advantages when training to become a medical secretary or hospital secretary:

• Many years of experience and personal advice
• Well networked with associations and institutions.
• High success rates and satisfaction
• Regular quality assurance

What are the advantages of graduates attending the medical secretary training program at the Feusi School?

Attending further training to become a medical secretary or hospital secretary at the Feusi Training Center will benefit you:

• Very competent and friendly lecturers
• Certified medical secretaries for doctors and hospitals complete their training in the same way as H+ medical secretaries. The teaching is based on the same content/time models and they can prove this parallelism when applying for a job.
• Interim references are issued from February each year so that the job search can start as early as possible.
• Students work towards suggested grades in all subjects, which complete the diploma grades.
• We teach the practice software AESKULAP.
• We also offer regular information events on the medical secretary and hospital secretary courses and look forward to personal consultations.

Overview "Medical secretary, hospital secretary (cert.)"