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If you've ever thought about working the front desk at a medical centre, a steady job inside healthcare without being a nurse, this is for you. In 12 months, you could be the one behind the desk at a medical centre. You'd learn medical reception from home, a tutor would help you with your course, and the course comes with career coaching for your CV and the interview. I know the first thing you want to know is what the course costs, because it's the first thing nearly everyone asks. I'll get to it and I'll give you the full price, not just the weekly number. First, here's what the course actually is. This course is about you working the front desk at a medical centre. You don't need to have worked in a clinic or a doctor's office before. The course is built for beginners. It starts with what a medical receptionist actually does: the phone, the front desk, the patient records and working with ACC. Then it teaches you the medical words, the terms, the anatomy, the equipment and the procedures, so the doctor's notes and the referral letters stop reading like another language. If you've worked a counter, a phone or a front desk anywhere, even better. You do the course from home at your own pace. There's no class to be at and no timetable. The whole course is around 400 hours and you get 18 months, so at about eight hours a week you'd be done in a year with six months to spare. Would a clinic take me on? You get career coaching with help on your CV and preparation for interviews. And a tutor is there when you're stuck, by phone or email in business hours. One of the tutors is Amare. She teaches administration, management and Microsoft Office with the college, has a degree in psychology and English, and spent years in administration and education. Here's everything you get with the Administration Pathway, Medical Reception. Two parts: medical reception first, then medical terminology. Unlimited tutor support by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching with help on your CV and preparation for interviews. No exams. Around 400 hours, all online, 18 months' access. The college is rated 4.7 on Trustpilot from more than 11,000 reviews. The course won't make you a practice manager, and which path you take is up to you. Now the money. The course is 29 euro a week. There's no deposit and no credit check. The full price is 1,799 euro. That's the plan total and it's the same as paying upfront, so paying weekly costs you nothing extra. You can pay fortnightly or monthly instead, and you get 14 days to change your mind. Your 18 months start the day you enrol.