Arabian Institute

This unit describes the knowledge, understanding and skills required to support in performing intra-oral preventive procedures under the directions of the dentist.

This unit aims to introduce the trainee to the knowledge, understanding and skills required of a dental assistant in maintaining proper functioning of the dental office. 

This unit aims to introduce the trainee to the different knowledge students learn about the structure and function of the teeth, mouth, and jaws, as well as dental and oral physiology.

This unit aims to introduce the trainee to the different roles and responsibilities, practice code of conduct and working with the needed set of skills, behavior and knowledge to work with a certain level of competence as required by a healthcare provider.

This unit introduces the knowledge, skills and understanding of the different equipment and processes in the central sterile processing department. It includes different sterilization techniques, identifying and monitoring sterilizers and different processes for inventory of stocks. 

This subject covers key infection prevention practices, including hand hygiene, PPE, Sterilization, and sterile field setup. It prepares students to apply aseptic technique that ensure safety and compliance in healthcare settings.

This unit includes the basic operations of allied health careers and the legal and ethical issues that they may encounter. It also gives an overview of the basic duties and responsibilities of a health assistant (Sterilizer).

This course covers basic health and safety practices for sterilization work, including hazard identification, PPE use, infection control, and emergency procedures. It prepares trainees to work safely and follow healthcare safety standards.

This course develops the English language skills required for healthcare education and professional communication. Students will learn essential medical vocabulary, basic grammar, reading comprehension, listening, speaking, and writing skills relevant to healthcare environments. Learning activities include lessons, study materials, practice exercises, quizzes, and assignments. Student progress will be monitored through course activities and assessments.

Introduction to health & safety, workplace health, safety and welfare, fire safety, Oman health and safety law, first aid.

The main objective is for the trainee to apply all the theoretical knowledge learned in the classroom to an actual workplace setting (hospital/private clinic).

This unit of competency covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to handle and dispose of waste in a safe manner within the healthcare environment. 

This unit of competency covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to safely and efficiently assist in transporting patients from one location to another.

This unit of competency covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to collect soiled linen from end-user locations, deliver soild linen to a designated holding area, distribute clean linen and maintain linen stock levels at end-user lcoation.

This course cover the knowledge, skills and attitude required in the maintenance of high standard of patient services. This also covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes to effectively respond to difficult or challenging patient's behavior. 

This course covers the required knowledge and skills required to provide an initial response where first aid is required.

Introduction to effective communication; difficulties in communication and methods of solving it; verbal and non-verbal communication; telephone communication; communication skills.

Skills in time management, definition of functional structure; human relations at work; implementing collective action; different types of personalities; different ways and meaning of body language; Oman labor law.

English for business purposes, dealing with people, conversation in real life situations.

Basic mathematical operations, fractions, decimals and percentages, introduction to accounting, sales transactions, purchase transactions.

Practical application of theories in the workplace setting.

Types of medical reports, identifying the parts of a medical report, identifying medical words, understanding the content of a medical report.

Special sense - eye and ear terminology, musculoskeletal terminology, endocrinology terminology, hematology terminology, lymphatic and immune system terminology nervous system terminology, oncology and radiology terminology, psychiatric terminology.

Skin/Integumentary system, eye, ear, nose and throat, blood and lymphatic, immunology, nervous system.

This unit convers health and safety practice at the workplace such as safety signs, fire emergencies and other precautionary measures.

This unit will develop the knowledge and skills to use basic information teachnology as it applies to the workplace such as operate a computer, complete tasks and produce simple documents.

This unit covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide assistance to the health service staff as well as teachers and school administrator on the implementation and promotion of health behavior.

This unit covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to assist in assessing the health of school children as well as the school staff.

This unit covers the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide an intial response where first aid is required.