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The part-time Bachelor's degree in Pedagogy in Healthcare is aimed at professionals from nursing, therapy, and health professions who wish to qualify for teaching and educational tasks. You belong to the target group if you are already working in healthcare and want to take on tasks in training, continuing education, or practical instruction, or if you want to prepare for a role as a lecturer at vocational schools, educational or health institutions. People who want to combine pedagogical skills with practical professional experience in the healthcare sector and design learning processes professionally are particularly addressed.
What professional requirements do you need to meet?
For admission, you need a completed vocational training in a healthcare profession. The following qualifications are particularly accepted:
- Geriatric nurse
- Anesthesia technical assistant (ATA)
- Dietary assistant
- Occupational therapist
- Health and nursing staff
- Health and paediatric nurse
- Midwife
- Speech therapist
- Medical-technical assistant (MTLA, MTRA, MTAF)
- Paramedic
- Operating theatre technical assistant (OTA)
- Physiotherapist
- Qualified nurse
- Emergency medical technician (with additional qualification)
Alternatively, you can start with (university) entrance qualification and completed vocational training in healthcare. The course is not subject to admission restrictions; there is no Numerus Clausus (NC). For other healthcare professions, the university examines individual admission.
You should enjoy imparting specialist knowledge and be interested in actively shaping learning processes. Communication skills, empathy, and willingness to engage with pedagogical methods are important. A structured way of working as well as the ability to critically reflect on professional experience and apply it to teaching situations are expected. For the part-time degree, you also need self-organisation and motivation to balance work and study.
What content does the Bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy in Healthcare convey?
In the Pedagogy in Healthcare degree at the Akkon University of Human Sciences, you will develop solid pedagogical skills that are specifically relevant to the health and care sector. Key content includes:
- Basics of Health Education: Introduction to health science theories and concepts, deepening of health education including prevention and health promotion.
- Care Pedagogy: Current specialist knowledge from nursing science, practice-oriented didactics and methods of lesson design for the further training of nursing staff.
- Emergency Pedagogy and Emergency Psychology: Knowledge of didactics in exceptional situations, dealing with stress and psychosocial challenges in healthcare.
- Teaching and Learning Methods: Planning of lessons, use of modern media, management of learning processes in learning groups and individual learning support.
- Education Systems and Education Law: Overview of national and international education systems, basic knowledge of education and school law in the context of healthcare.
- Empirical Social Research: Introduction to qualitative and quantitative research methods for independent projects and theses.
- Pedagogical Psychology and Counselling: Understanding learning and development processes, application of counselling tools for learners in the health sector.
- Practical Project: During your studies, you will complete a pedagogical internship to apply and reflect on the competencies acquired.
In the elective area, you can set your own focal points, for example in nursing science, public health, health psychology or disaster sociology.
How is the study programme organised in the part-time on-campus course?
The programme runs over 7 semesters as a part-time course, specially tailored to the needs of professionals in healthcare. Teaching takes place on campus and allows you to flexibly coordinate theory phases with professional commitments.
- Start each winter semester (1 October).
- Students regularly attend planned on-campus sessions at the university.
- The learning content is divided into three study phases – from basics to specific fields of application.
- Practical components, such as the pedagogical internship, are an integral part of the curriculum.
- The degree is awarded as a Bachelor of Arts after successful completion of the bachelor thesis and colloquium.
The university’s didactic concept links current research, professional practice and modern teaching methods. Small course sizes ensure individual support.
What career prospects does the degree open up?
With a Bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy in Healthcare, you qualify for various fields of activity at the interface of education and healthcare:
- Teaching at nursing schools and other educational institutions in healthcare: Designing and delivering lessons, practical instruction and structuring learning processes (optionally with further qualifications).
- Initial, advanced and further training: Development and implementation of educational programmes for employees in the health and care sector.
- Education management: Involvement in organisation, quality assurance and development of educational processes in clinics or social institutions.
- Health educational counselling and prevention: Work on projects for health promotion, prevention work or counselling.
- Development of modern teaching and training concepts: Participation in innovating teaching methods in theory and practice.
- Basis for further qualification: Access to master’s programmes in health, nursing or medical pedagogy.
What is the study location and learning environment like?
You study at the campus of the Akkon University of Human Sciences in Berlin-Tempelhof, Colditzstraße 34–36. The university offers modern seminar and specialist rooms with up-to-date media technology, smartboards and hybrid teaching formats. A good learning atmosphere is ensured by the library, common rooms and student services on site.
- Central location in Berlin with good connections to public transport (underground, bus).
- Part-time organisation allows you to coordinate study, work and private life.
- Enrolment and service offerings directly at the Berlin campus.
What costs should you expect for the degree and what financing options are there?
The tuition fees amount to 479 euros per month. With a study duration of 7 semesters (a total of 42 months), this results in a total amount of 20,118 euros. Payment is made in monthly instalments.
- The fees cover teaching sessions, support and use of university facilities.
- For employed persons and trainees in healthcare, there may be the possibility of employer contributions or the use of training programmes.
- Scholarships or funding programmes (e.g. education funds, gifted support) can be applied for.
- In some cases, costs can be claimed for tax purposes.
Individual advice on financing options is offered by the university upon request.
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