Course Summary
Course Category: PLC (Further Education - FET) - Apply directly to College
The course will provide learners with the skills, knowledge and values to meet the demands and challenges of working within a GP Practice and to contribute to patient experience, patient flow through the practice and practice efficiency.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Care Support
Infection Prevention & Control
Customer Service
Work Experience
Anatomy & Physiology
Human Growth & Development
Safety & Health at Work
Reception & Frontline Office Skills
Spreadsheet Methods
Additional Qualifications:
FAR (First Aid Responder)
Patient Moving & Handling
Medical Phlebotomy & Cannulation
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
- Almost all PLC courses have a Work Experience module, which requires students to find their own placement in an area directly related to their course.
Progression to CAO Courses
Higher Education Links Scheme (HELS)
This course leads to a QQI Major Award, and provides progression opportunities to a number of Higher Education courses, including those in the CAO.
To view CAO courses to which this award provides a possible progression route, click below:
| QQI Code |
| 5M3782 |
To calculate Points based on your QQI award results, use the PLC Points Calculator.
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Further Research
National Statistics for this Award (All Ireland)
The following data provides general information about this Award from colleges across Ireland.
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Career Progression
Graduates will be well positioned to fulfil the new GP Practice Assistant roles identified by the HSE to support GPs expand their practices.