Programme area for Health Services Secretary - curriculum for common programme subject VG3 (HSE3-01)

Basic skills are integrated into the competence aims for this course in areas where they contribute to the development of and are part of the subject competence. In Health services secretary, basic skills are understood as follows:

Being able to express oneself orally and in writing in Health services secretary involves understanding and making oneself understood in a clear and correct manner, both orally and in writing. It involves having knowledge of medical terminology in conversations with medical practitioners, for making notations in patient medical journals and filling out schedules.

Being able to read in Health services secretary involves understanding the content of medical documents, schedules, procedures, instruction and user manuals and other professional documents.

Numeracy in Health services secretary involves calculations and reckoning percentages for use when diluting or when doing conversions. It also involves making diagrams, reading statistics and understanding quantities when working with medicines, chemicals and liquids. It also involves understanding basic bookkeeping.

Digital literacy in Health services secretary involves using modern patient administration systems in a correct manner and in line with existing rules and regulations, i.e. for writing in medical journals, registering tests and handling waiting lists. It also involves purposeful information gathering from health authorities and specialist environments.