Medical Secretary

DESCRIPTION

This part qualification is aimed primarily at giving the learner technical, theoretical knowledge, practical knowledge and workplace knowledge and skills required in their chosen occupational/vocational area.

The design of the part qualification is such that if taken sequentially with related N part courses i.e., N4+N5+N6. This part qualification will provide an opportunity for learners who exit the schooling system, but who wish to continue to obtain occupation specific knowledge and skills to develop such competencies and to receive formal recognition for the skills they have acquired in a particular vocational/occupational area. It will create the opportunity for learners with an interest in a particular vocational/occupational area to develop their skills and knowledge thereby improving their employability and at the same time create opportunities for them to study further in their chosen field.

CAREER FIELDS

With this qualification, successful learners could pursue a career as a:

A Medical Secretary, or Medical Administrative Assistant, responsible for handling administrative and clerical tasks at a hospital or clinic. Their duties include accepting calls from patients and either answering their questions or directing their call, coordinating appointments for patients based on doctor availability and processing invoices and payments.

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

National N4

Instructional Offering:

• Office Practice N4.
• Communication N4.
• Kommunikasie N4.
• Introductory Information Processing N4.
• Information Processing N4.
• Medical Practice N4.

Programme Requirements:

Compulsory instructional offerings:

• Office Practice N4.
• Medical Practice N4.
• Information Processing N4.
• Introductory Information Processing N4.

And

• Kommunikasie N4.
• Communication N4.

National N5

Instructional Offering

• Office Practice N5.
• Communication N5.
• Kommunikasie N5.
• Information Processing N4.
• Information Processing N5.
• Medical Practice N5.

Compulsory instructional offerings:

• Information Processing N4.
• Information Processing N5.
• Office Practice N5.
• Medical Practice N5.
• Kommunikasie N5.
• Communication N5.

National N6

Instructional Offering:

• Financial Accounting N4.
• Office Practice N6.
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N4.
• Public Relations N5.
• Communication N6.
• Kommunikasie N6.
• Information Processing N5.
• Information Processing N6.
• Computer Practice N4.
• Computer Practice N5.
• Medical Practice N5

Compulsory instructional offerings:

• Medical Practice N6.
• Information Processing N5.
• Information Processing N6.

Optional instructional offerings:

Two of the following:

• Office Practice N6.
• Entrepreneurship and Business Management N4.
• Financial Accounting N4.
• Computer Practice N4.
• Computer Practice N5.
• Public Relations N5.
• Kommunikasie N6.
• Communication N6.

TYPE OF PROGRAMME

Full Time: Minimum 18 Months
In-Service Training: 18 Months

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

(Introduction N4-N4)

National Senior Certificate / Grade 12/ N3 Certificate/ NCV Level 4 Certificate/ ABET Level 4 Certificate.

Registering for this course and successfully completing N4 and N5 will allow students to obtain credits for articulation to most Universities of Technology (UOTs) with a provision that you obtain at least 50% in each subject.

LEARNER MATERIAL

All textbooks and other required manuals are excluded from the tuition fees. A list of textbooks will be provided by your campus academic department.

All examinations are National Examinations, set and administered by the Department of Higher Education and Training.

CERTIFICATION

Certificates and diploma are issued by the Department of Higher Education and Training.
All qualifications are nationally recognised by industry and universities.
Upon successful completion of this programme, learners will receive a:

• National Certificate at each level N4, N5, N6
• National N Diploma in Hospitality and Catering Services (on completion of N4-N6 and 18 months in-service training)

ARTICULATION

A candidate who has successfully completed the N4, N5 and N6 Certificates, may pursue the following path to obtain the National N Diploma, as per Report 191 by the DHET. The candidate must have:

A minimum of 12 advanced instructional offerings, with at least a pass in three instructional offerings in each of the following levels: N4, N5 and N6, but with a maximum of five N4 instructional offerings.

2 instructional offerings at N6 level must be relevant to the candidate’s vocation.

The candidate must obtain work experience of 18 months in industry that has as its main function the practical execution of the 2 instructional offerings mentioned above.

At the end of this period, the candidate is required to produce documentary proof to the DHET (letter from employer,

stating KPAs and date of employment period) of applicable experience.

Candidate must present the N4, N5 and N6 certificate, together with above letter from employer, to the DHET to apply

for the National N Diploma.