Summarising Medical Records Online Course over Zoom

This 3 hour course was developed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and will be delivered online over Zoom.

The Summarising Medical Records online course will allow delegates to learn how to organise and summarise medical records. This half day session will be delivered via the Zoom cloud-based video conferencing service.
Delegates  will be taught some relevant medical abbreviations and terminology and confidentiality issues surrounding summarising medical records will be explored. In addition the course enables delegates to understand the relevance of summarising in relation to the achievement of QOF clinical targets

The practical lessons are discussed in the light of each delegate’s own practice protocol.

Course objectives

The course is designed to enable participants to:

  • Understand the importance of summarising medical records
  • Understand best practice regarding the summarising process and the importance of having a protocol for summarising medical records
  • Be able to summarise medical records logically, efficiently and effectively
  • Gain an overview of QOF targets and how summarising can help in achievement of these targets
  • Understand the importance of confidentiality and data protection in the process of summarising
  • Be able to identify issues that they need to follow up when returning to their place of work.

Please note this course does not cover any issues in relation to particular software systems or coding.