Dental administrative assistant
A dental administrative assistant or a Dental Administrative Assistant is responsible for the organization and management of a dental practice. It is an advanced training course for dental assistants that lasts between four months and one and a half years and can currently be carried out at 13 different locations.
The legal basis for advanced training is in the Vocational Training Act (BBiG).
job profile
The main focus of the activity lies in the accounting system, which is becoming more and more complicated with every health reform and consists of private accounting , cash accounting and mixed forms of these. Further fields of activity exist in the area of practice organization and practice management. The following knowledge is acquired as part of the training:
- Basics of business administration
- Quality management
- communication
- Human resource management
- Legislation
- Practice IT applications
- Hygiene management
- Practice Marketing
requirements
There are no nationwide regulations on the entry requirements and the aptitude test to carry out this advanced training. In some federal states, an advanced course must be attended and / or an entrance exam must be taken beforehand. Completed training as a dental assistant is mandatory . In most cases, proof of at least one year of work as a ZFA must be provided.
It is possible to receive financial aid according to the Advancement Training Assistance Act (AFBG).
Individual evidence
- ^ Training for ZMV
- ↑ Vocational Training Act (PDF; 133 kB)
- ↑ Advancement Training Funding Act ( Memento of the original of June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 89 kB) - (AFBG) Status: July 1, 2009
Web links
ZMV advanced training regulations
- German Dental Association, ZMV model advanced training regulations ( Memento from December 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 297 kB)
- ZMV advanced training regulations Brandenburg (PDF; 164 kB)
- Leaflet ZMV training Hesse
- ZMV advanced training regulations Saxony-Anhalt (PDF; 120 kB)
- ZMV Training Regulations Schleswig-Holstein (PDF; 25 kB)
- ZMV advanced training regulations Thuringia (PDF; 101 kB)