Further training in vocational education to become a practical instructor

The vocational training course to become a practical instructor is offered twice a year at the AfG. The courses each have 25 places and start in March and May of each year.

PA course 1-25

Module 1: 17.03. - 21.03.25
Module 2: 07.04. - 11.04.25
Module 3: 19.05. - 23.05.25
Module 4: 07.07. - 11.07.25
Module 5: 15.09. - 19.09.25
Module 6: 20.10. - 24.10.25
Module 7: 17.11. - 21.11.25
Module 8: 08.12. - 10.12.25

PA course 2-25

Module 1: 05.05. - 09.05.25
Module 2: 23.06. - 27.06.25
Module 3: 21.07. - 25.07.25
Module 4: 06.10. - 10.10.25
Module 5: 03.11. - 07.11.25
Module 6: 12.01. - 16.01.26
Module 7: 09.02. - 13.02.26
Module 8: 25.02. - 27.02.26

Practice supervisors accompany trainees, participants in further training and new employees in their professional practice. They train new employees and junior staff in a structured and systematic manner, coordinate and initiate individual learning processes. As reference persons, they identify learning needs, plan and design learning situations on the basis of vocational pedagogical knowledge and evaluate learning success. They advise, assess and evaluate, for example, the individual learning status at the end of an assignment or during practical examinations. They form an important link between theoretical and practical training for trainees and participants in further training.

Employees from various healthcare professions

• Healthcare and nursing staff and nursing specialists
• Healthcare and pediatric nurses
• Anesthesia technicians and assistants
• Surgical assistants

The following key topics form the main content of the training:

• Professional self-image as a practical instructor
• Vocational education and didactic knowledge
• Communication and discussion skills
• Designing learning processes in the work process
• Evaluating, checking and assessing learning processes
• Legal and ethical principles
• Rhetoric and presentation methods
• Evidence-based action
• Project management

At least one year of professional experience in the specialist area to be instructed.

In accordance with legal requirements, applicants from the field of nursing must have at least one year's professional experience in the respective area of work, based on the last five years. The areas of application include inpatient acute care, general long-term care, outpatient care, pediatric or psychiatric care.

The vocational education and training course comprises 300 teaching hours, which are completed in a modular system. The modules are divided into basic and specialist modules. The basic modules cover general vocational pedagogical content that is taught across all professions. The specialist modules, on the other hand, focus on the specialist content of the various healthcare professions.

Different teaching formats are used to convey the content, including face-to-face teaching, e-learning, online teaching and self-organized learning times.

Participants receive a certificate at the end of the course.

• Preparation of two written reports on practical tasks
• Oral presentation of the implementation and evaluation of a selected instruction process
• Project management on a vocational education topic (planning, implementing and evaluating a project - preparing a project report and presenting the results)