Program Overview

Introduction to the Medical Faculty Heidelberg Interprofessional Health Care – Bachelor 100% Program

The Medical Faculty Heidelberg Interprofessional Health Care – Bachelor 100% program is designed to enable students to combine professional training with academic study. This unique approach allows students to supplement their professional knowledge with academic insights, learning to think and act across healthcare occupations to ensure the best possible patient care in today's complex healthcare system.

Facts & Formalities

• Degree: Bachelor of Science
• Type of programme: Undergraduate
• Start of programme: Winter semester only
• Standard period of study: 6 semesters
• Language(s) of instruction: German, English
• Fees and contributions: 161.10 € / Semester
• Application procedure: Subjects with admission restriction in the scope of the dialogue-oriented services procedure
• Application deadlines: Information about deadlines can be obtained after you have put together a degree program.
• Part-time option: Yes

Course Content

The program allows students to develop specialist skills required for their chosen healthcare profession via training in a vocational college. Students draw on knowledge and understanding of their chosen healthcare role, including:

• Nursing, with specialisation in acute inpatient care, paediatric care, long-term inpatient care/geriatric care
• Physiotherapy
• Speech and language therapy
• Orthoptics
• Laboratory assistance
• Radiology assistance

The degree course enables students to further develop their specialist skills and general professional competencies, including:

• Instrumental competence: the ability to apply knowledge and solve problems within the remit of the given healthcare profession
• Interpersonal/communication competence: specialist argumentation and exchange with colleagues, other professionals
• Systemic competence: the ability to collect and collate information, evaluate it, and learn independently

Course Structure

The degree programme is designed to be studied in combination with professional training, divided into two phases:

• Phase 1 (Semesters 1 – 5): Students gain knowledge and skills fundamental for their future profession. Teaching at the University takes place on one afternoon per week and on one to a maximum of three Saturdays per semester.
• Phase 2 (Semesters 6 – 8): Students have now completed their training and can enter employment. It is recommended that they take on a 30% role. Certain adaptations have been made to the degree programme in view of students’ employment, including limited contact hours and the possibility of partial recognition of employment as a work placement.

Modules

Modules focus on topics including:

• Theories Relevant to Healthcare Professions
• Interprofessional Healthcare
• Academic Work in Healthcare Professions
• Evidence-based Service Provision on the basis of Health Sciences
• Healthcare Provision for People in Different Phases of Life
• Quality Improvements and Patient Support
• Health Professions in a Business Management Context
• Different Compulsory Elective Courses and Placements

Lectures and courses are also taken with students from degree programmes in medicine and dentistry, allowing students to learn to work well with one another in the everyday, professional context.