Training — 40 courses, each tied to the documents it covers
Fourteen universal courses every organization needs, nine for clinical modules, and seventeen that exist only for their facility type — hospital, dental, aesthetic, fitness. Nothing hidden, nothing generic
Course pages are being published on GMJ Academy. Until each module is live, links open the ASF course catalogue.

These 40 courses are being published as modules on GMJ Academy, the e-learning platform behind ASF Ready — not a system being built from a blank page. GMJ Academy already runs 66 live, populated courses under its “ASF Accreditation” category, on the same MasterStudy LMS engine, with the same self-paced lessons, 80 % quiz and automatic QR-certificate described on this page.
How training works here
Universal courses — every organization
Fourteen courses. When the intake is reviewed, the organization’s matrix shows exactly which staff take which.
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-01 | Understanding ISO 9001 in a clinic
Outline · ISO clauses ISO 9001:2015 clauses 4–10 overview; 5.1–5.3Why a quality management system exists and what an auditor will look for. The seven quality-management principles; the structure of ISO 9001:2015 (context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, improvement) explained with clinic examples; the difference between accreditation and certification; the four roles the standard requires; what the QMS core set is (scope, quality policy, objectives, process map, quality manual, clause crosswalk) and how the pack maps onto every clause. Outcome: the director and quality manager can explain the system to staff and to an auditor in five minutes.
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Director, Quality Manager, department heads | 60 min | E-learning | QMS-01–06, QMS-10 | 10-question quiz, 80 % |
| T-02 | Document control and the records system
Outline · ISO clauses 7.5 Documented informationHow the document system works in this organization: codes and tiers, editions and versions, who approves, where the current copy lives, what an obsolete document looks like and where it goes. Records as evidence: the forms, the retention index, legibility and retrieval. The practical drill: file one record correctly, find a document by code, identify an outdated copy on a wall. Outcome: every department head keeps only current documents in use and can produce a record on request.
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Quality Manager, department heads, records staff | 45 min | E-learning | GOV-04, Records & Forms Index | Quiz + practical: file one record correctly |
| T-03 | Internal audit — planning, performing, reporting
Outline · ISO clauses 9.2 Internal auditPlanning an audit programme that covers every process at least yearly; writing an audit plan and checklist from a procedure; audit behaviour (evidence, not opinion; sampling; interviewing without leading); classifying findings; writing a finding that can be closed; verifying corrective action. Live online workshop with a graded mock audit: each participant audits one procedure of the training clinic on the platform while the group watches. Outcome: two trained internal auditors who audit areas they do not own.
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Quality Manager and at least two internal auditors | 3 h | Live online workshop + graded mock-audit exercise | GOV-02, GOV-01 | Mock audit of one procedure, graded by ASF |
| T-04 | Nonconformity, corrective action and risk
Outline · ISO clauses 6.1, 10.2–10.3 Risk, nonconformity, improvementRecording a nonconformity, finding the root cause (five whys, fishbone), choosing a correction and a corrective action, verifying that it worked; the risk register — identifying, scoring and acting on risks and opportunities; PDSA as the improvement method; feeding all of it into management review. One worked CAPA from the participant's own department. Outcome: nonconformities are recorded and closed rather than argued about.
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Quality Manager, department heads | 45 min | E-learning | GOV-01, GOV-05 | Quiz + one worked CAPA |
| T-05 | Management review
Outline · ISO clauses 9.3 Management reviewThe inputs the standard requires (audit results, customer feedback, process performance, nonconformities, resources, risks, previous actions) and how the platform assembles them; running the meeting; the outputs — decisions with owners and dates; the record. The first review chaired with an ASF consultant. Outcome: management review happens on schedule with the required inputs and produces recorded decisions.
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Director, Quality Manager, Medical Director | 45 min | E-learning | GOV-03, QMS-04 | Quiz |
| T-06 | Hand hygiene and standard precautions
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 operational control — infection preventionHand hygiene and the Five Moments; standard precautions; PPE selection and sequence; safe injection; sharps and post-exposure; cleaning and waste; observed technique sign-off by the IPC lead. Outcome: every staff member performs hand hygiene correctly and knows the precautions for their tasks.
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All staff | 45 min | E-learning | SOP-IPC-01–03 | Quiz + observed technique sign-off by the IPC lead |
| T-07 | Patient identification, informed consent and patient rights
Outline · ISO clauses 8.2 requirements for products and services; 8.5 — identification, consent, rightsTwo identifiers before every intervention; wristbands; informed consent — what must be explained, who obtains it, when it must be written; the six patient-rights policies; interpreters and language access; complaints without fear. Outcome: staff identify every patient the same way and obtain consent that would stand in an audit.
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All clinical and reception staff | 60 min | E-learning | SOP-PS-01–02, PR-01–06 | Quiz |
| T-08 | Medication safety
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — medication managementThe medication pathway from prescribing to administration; high-alert medicines and the independent double check; look-alike sound-alike lists; storage and cold chain; reconciliation at transitions; error reporting without blame; the demonstration of a double check. Outcome: nurses and physicians follow the written procedure and report errors.
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Nurses, physicians, pharmacy | 60 min | E-learning | SOP-MED-01 | Quiz + high-alert double-check demonstration |
| T-09 | Incident reporting, Just Culture and open disclosure
Outline · ISO clauses 10.2 nonconformity; 7.3 awareness — incidents and disclosureWhat to report and how (incidents, near misses, sentinel events); Just Culture — the difference between human error, at-risk behaviour and reckless behaviour; the whistleblower protection; open disclosure — what a patient is told after harm, by whom, when. Outcome: staff report incidents and know what disclosure means.
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All staff | 45 min | E-learning | GOV-01, GOV-10, CC-03 | Quiz |
| T-10 | Emergency preparedness and fire safety
Outline · ISO clauses 8.1 operational planning — emergenciesEmergency plans and roles; fire — RACE and PASS; evacuation; the emergency box and its monthly check; drills and what is learned from them; mass-casualty basics for hospitals. Annual drill attendance recorded. Outcome: every staff member knows what to do in the first five minutes of a fire or a collapse.
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All staff | 45 min | E-learning + annual drill record | CC-01 | Quiz + drill attendance |
| T-11 | Records, confidentiality and data protection
Outline · ISO clauses 7.5 documented information; 7.1.6 knowledge — records and data protectionConfidentiality in practice; access to records; GDPR basics — lawful basis, patient rights, breach reporting within 72 hours; IT security hygiene (passwords, devices, phishing); the extended module for the IT/records lead on the breach procedure and data-subject requests. Outcome: staff handle records and data lawfully and know how to report a breach.
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All staff; IT/Records Lead (extended module) | 45 min / 90 min | E-learning | SOP-HIM-01, GOV-06, GOV-07 | Quiz |
| T-12 | Complaints handling and patient feedback
Outline · ISO clauses 9.1.2 customer satisfaction — complaints and feedbackThe complaint pathway — receive, acknowledge, investigate, answer, learn — with its timelines; the patient-experience survey; the Patient Voice independent channel; trend analysis into management review. One worked complaint from intake to answer. Outcome: reception and the quality manager run the complaint procedure on time.
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Reception, Quality Manager | 45 min | E-learning | CC-03, QMS-07 | Quiz + one worked complaint |
| T-13 | Supplier evaluation and purchasing
Outline · ISO clauses 8.4 externally provided processes — suppliersEvaluating a supplier before use and re-evaluating periodically; specifying requirements; verifying deliveries; supplier scorecards; critical suppliers (laboratory, sterilization service, waste contractor). Outcome: purchasing follows the procedure and the supplier register is current.
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Administration, procurement | 30 min | E-learning | CC-02 | Quiz |
| T-14 | Credentialing, competence and the training matrix
Outline · ISO clauses 7.2 competence; 7.3 awarenessCredential verification at source; the scope-of-practice and competence sign-off; induction; the training matrix by role; training effectiveness; the ASF Passport as the record. Outcome: HR and the quality manager keep a training matrix an auditor can read.
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HR / Credentialing Lead, Quality Manager | 45 min | E-learning | SOP-HR-01–03, QMS-09 | Quiz |
Module courses — only when the service is in scope
Nine courses. Tick “laboratory” in the Simulation or intake and T-15 appears in your list; leave it unticked and it never does.
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-15 | Laboratory quality — QC, calibration, biosafety, result reporting
Outline · ISO clauses 7.1.5 monitoring and measuring resources; 8.5 — laboratorySpecimen labelling and rejection; internal QC daily and the rule when it fails; external quality assessment; calibration; biosafety; critical-value reporting; competence assessment of technologists. QC log exercise. Outcome: laboratory staff run QC and report critical values correctly.
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Laboratory Lead and technologists | 90 min | E-learning | SOP-LAB-01–03, 05–17 | Quiz + QC log exercise |
| T-16 | Imaging quality and radiation safety
Outline · ISO clauses 7.1.5; 8.5 — imagingJustification and the pregnancy check; radiation safety programme and ALARA; dose records against reference levels; contrast-reaction response; equipment QA. Outcome: imaging staff apply justification and radiation safety every time.
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Imaging staff, Radiation Safety Officer | 60 min | E-learning | SOP-LAB-04, CC-06 | Quiz |
| T-17 | Sterilization and instrument reprocessing
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — sterilization and reprocessingThe reprocessing cycle — clean, package, sterilize, monitor, store; autoclave monitoring (mechanical, chemical, biological); recall of a failed load; observed cycle sign-off. Outcome: reprocessing staff run and document a valid cycle.
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Sterilization staff, nurses | 60 min | E-learning + observed sign-off | SOP-STR-01 | Quiz + observed cycle |
| T-18 | Oncology — hazardous drugs, chemotherapy verification, extravasation
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — oncologyHazardous-drug handling and spills; four-point chemotherapy order verification; extravasation; neutropenic fever; port care. Verification exercise. Outcome: oncology staff perform the checks the procedures require.
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Oncology staff | 90 min | E-learning | ONC-01–07 | Quiz + four-point verification exercise |
| T-19 | Pediatric safeguards — consent/assent, weight-based dosing, safeguarding
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — pediatricPediatric consent and assent; weight-based dosing and the double check; safeguarding — recognising and reporting; the vaccine cold chain. Outcome: pediatric staff apply the safeguards in every encounter.
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Pediatric staff | 60 min | E-learning | PED-01–04 | Quiz |
| T-20 | Dialysis safety
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — dialysisVascular access care; water treatment and testing; dialyzer policy; bloodborne-pathogen segregation; intradialytic emergencies. Outcome: dialysis staff follow the procedures and keep the water logs.
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Dialysis staff, Nephrologist | 90 min | E-learning | DIAL-01–05 | Quiz |
| T-21 | Controlled substances
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — controlled substancesStorage, recording, reconciliation and disposal; discrepancies and how they are investigated; prescriber responsibilities. Outcome: pharmacy and prescribers keep a controlled-substance record that reconciles.
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Pharmacy, prescribers | 30 min | E-learning | SOP-MED-02 | Quiz |
| T-22 | Telehealth — consent, suitability, prescribing, data
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — telehealthIdentity verification and consent script; suitability and emergency escalation; remote prescribing rules; platform data protection. Outcome: remote clinicians run a consultation that meets the procedure.
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Remote clinicians | 45 min | E-learning | CC-11 | Quiz |
| T-23 | International patients — pathway, disclosure, continuity
Outline · ISO clauses 8.2; 8.5 — international patientsThe nine-stage pathway; price and inclusions disclosure with the complications policy; fitness to travel and the handover to the home clinician; cross-border complaints and redress. Outcome: coordinators and clinicians run the pathway with the documents.
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Reception, coordinators, clinicians | 45 min | E-learning | CC-09, CC-10 | Quiz |
Facility-type courses — hospital, dental, aesthetic, fitness
Seventeen courses that exist only for their facility type. A dental clinic sees T-29 to T-32 and never T-24; a hospital sees T-24 to T-28 and never T-37.
Hospital
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-24 | Surgical safety, anaesthesia and blood transfusion
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — surgical safety, anaesthesia, transfusionThe WHO surgical safety checklist and the three pauses; anaesthesia assessment, monitoring and recovery criteria; blood transfusion — the bedside two-person check, reactions, traceability; CSSD interface. Observed time-out sign-off. Outcome: theatre teams run the checklist and the transfusion check every time.
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Theatre, anaesthesia and ward staff | 90 min | E-learning + observed checklist | H-SURG, H-ANES, H-BB | Quiz + observed time-out |
| T-25 | Deteriorating patient — sepsis, rapid response, code blue
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — deteriorating patientEarly-warning scores and escalation; the sepsis pathway — recognise, bundle, reassess; rapid response and code blue roles; ICU bundles (ABCDEF); drill participation. Outcome: clinical staff recognise deterioration and escalate by the procedure.
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All clinical staff | 60 min | E-learning + drill | H-SEPSIS, H-CODE, H-ICU | Quiz + drill attendance |
| T-26 | Inpatient safety — falls, pressure injury, restraint, handover
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — inpatient nursing safetyFalls risk and prevention; pressure-injury prevention and staging; restraint minimisation and the authorisation form; structured handover (SBAR); admission, discharge and transfer records. Outcome: nurses apply the four safety procedures and keep the records.
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Nursing staff | 60 min | E-learning | H-FALLS, H-SKIN, H-REST, H-HANDOFF | Quiz |
| T-27 | Emergency department — screening, stabilization, transfer
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — emergency departmentTriage and screening; stabilization; transfer criteria and documentation; ED-specific identification and consent; interface with code blue and sepsis. Outcome: ED staff follow the written ED procedures.
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ED staff | 60 min | E-learning | H-ED | Quiz |
| T-28 | Pharmacy — sterile compounding and shortages
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — pharmacySterile compounding — environment, technique, verification; shortages — substitution and communication; controlled substances in the hospital; high-alert medicines. Outcome: pharmacy staff compound and manage shortages by the procedures.
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Pharmacy staff | 60 min | E-learning | H-PHARM, H-SHORTAGE | Quiz |
Dental clinic
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-29 | Dental infection control — chair turnover, reprocessing, waterlines
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — dental infection controlBetween-patient chair turnover; instrument reprocessing and autoclave monitoring in the dental setting; dental unit waterline treatment and testing; PPE and sharps in dentistry; observed cycle sign-off. Outcome: dental teams keep the chair and the instruments safe and documented.
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Dentists, dental nurses, sterilization staff | 60 min | E-learning + observed sign-off | DENT-IPC, DENT-STR-01, DENT-DUWL-01 | Quiz + observed cycle |
| T-30 | Dental radiography and radiation safety
Outline · ISO clauses 7.1.5; 8.5 — dental radiographyJustification for intra-oral, panoramic and CBCT; pregnancy check; radiation safety programme and the RSO; dose records; equipment QA. Outcome: dentists and radiography staff apply justification and safety.
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Dentists, radiography staff, RSO | 45 min | E-learning | DENT radiography procedures | Quiz |
| T-31 | Sedation in dentistry and medical emergencies in the chair
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — sedation and chair-side emergenciesPre-sedation assessment; monitoring and recovery; the emergency box and drugs; anaphylaxis, syncope, seizure, cardiac arrest in the chair; drill participation. Outcome: dental teams handle sedation and emergencies by the procedures.
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Dentists, dental nurses | 60 min | E-learning + drill | DENT-SEDATION-01, DENT-CC-01 | Quiz + drill attendance |
| T-32 | Amalgam and mercury management
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — amalgam and mercuryAmalgam separators; handling, storage and disposal of mercury and amalgam waste; spills; records. Outcome: dental and cleaning staff manage amalgam safely.
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Dentists, dental nurses, cleaning | 30 min | E-learning | DENT-AMALGAM-01 | Quiz |
Aesthetic & cosmetic clinic
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-33 | Patient selection and psychological screening for aesthetic procedures
Outline · ISO clauses 8.2; 8.5 — patient selection and psychological screeningScreening for body dysmorphic disorder and unrealistic expectations; the cooling-off period; consent with procedure-specific complication lists; before-and-after imaging consent; price transparency. Outcome: consultation staff select and consent patients by the procedure.
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Surgeons, physicians, consultation staff | 45 min | E-learning | AES-PSYCH-01, AES-CONSENT-01 | Quiz |
| T-34 | Aesthetic surgery — day-surgery safety, checklist, post-operative contact
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — aesthetic surgeryThe surgical checklist adapted to day surgery; anaesthesia and sedation rules; post-operative care and the 24-hour contact; complications and revision policy; device traceability. Observed time-out. Outcome: surgical teams run the checklist and the post-operative pathway.
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Surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses | 90 min | E-learning + observed checklist | AES-SURG-01 | Quiz + observed time-out |
| T-35 | Injectables, fillers and vascular complications
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — injectablesProduct traceability (lot, expiry, cold chain); injection technique safety; vascular occlusion recognition and the hyaluronidase protocol; anaphylaxis; drill participation. Outcome: injectors recognise and manage a vascular complication.
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Injectors, nurses | 60 min | E-learning + drill | AES-INJECT-01 | Quiz + drill |
| T-36 | Hair transplant safety
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — hair transplantationGraft handling and survival; anaesthesia volumes and limits; procedure duration and patient monitoring; post-operative care. Outcome: hair-transplant teams follow the written limits.
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Hair-transplant teams | 45 min | E-learning | AES-HAIRTX-01 | Quiz |
Fitness & wellness centre
| Code | Course | Who attends | Length | Mode | Documents covered | Assessment |
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| T-37 | Pre-participation screening and cardiac emergency response
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — pre-participation screening and cardiac responseThe PAR-Q+ screening and the decision rule; medical clearance; collapse response — check, call, compress, defibrillate; AED checks and drills; CPR certification. Outcome: every instructor and front-desk member can screen a member and respond to a collapse.
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All instructors and front-desk staff | 60 min | E-learning + AED drill | FW-SCREEN-01, FW-EMERG-01 | Quiz + drill attendance |
| T-38 | Equipment safety and facility environment
Outline · ISO clauses 7.1.3–7.1.4; 8.5 — equipment and facilityDaily, weekly and monthly equipment checks; the out-of-order rule; facility environment — floors, ventilation, water, hygiene of wet areas; incident reporting for equipment injuries. Outcome: staff keep equipment safe and documented.
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Instructors, maintenance, cleaning | 45 min | E-learning | FW-EQUIP-01 | Quiz |
| T-39 | Pool and aquatics safety
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — pool and aquaticsWater chemistry testing and logs; lifeguard staffing and supervision; pool emergencies; hygiene of wet areas. Outcome: aquatics staff keep the pool safe and the logs current.
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Aquatics staff, lifeguards | 45 min | E-learning | FW-AQUA-01 | Quiz |
| T-40 | Youth programmes — supervision and safeguarding
Outline · ISO clauses 8.5 — youth programmesSupervision ratios; safeguarding — recognising and reporting concerns; parental consent; medical information for minors. Outcome: instructors and reception apply the youth safeguards.
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Instructors, reception | 45 min | E-learning | FW-YOUTH-01 | Quiz |
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