Hospitals generate mountains of patient data every single day, and when that data is not organised inside a proper database, appointment records get lost, staff waste hours searching for files, and patient safety itself is put at risk. This training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy tackles that problem directly by teaching participants how to build and manage medical databases for hospitals using Microsoft Access.

As healthcare institutions increasingly depend on information systems to run their daily operations, Access remains one of the most accessible entry points for staff who need to design, link, and retrieve patient and administrative records quickly. This course walks participants through that process step by step, from the underlying logic of information systems to the hands-on skills needed to manage a working hospital database.

Course Objectives

• Understand the role and importance of information systems inside healthcare institutions.
• Compare Access against other business management software to know when it is the right tool.
• Apply the core design principles Access relies on when building a database.
• Use Access practically to create, link and retrieve hospital patient records.

Target Audience

• Staff interested in information systems within healthcare settings.
• Employees who want to sharpen their Office software skills.
• Anyone looking to move into programming or database-related work in a hospital.

Module 1: Why Information Systems Matter in Hospitals

• The general concept of information systems and their growing role in healthcare.
• How medical institutions have shifted toward digital record-keeping.

Module 2: Positioning Access Among Business Software Tools

• Types of business management software and where Access fits among them.
• What is included inside the Access program.

Module 3: Access Design Principles

• Core principles behind database design in Access.
• Building tables, forms and relationships correctly from the start.

Module 4: Managing a Hospital Patient Database

• Practical use of Access to manage and retrieve patient and client records.
• Linking Access with other programs used inside hospitals.