The three-year occupational therapy training program consists of a total of 4,400 hours (equivalent to 45-minute class periods). This includes 2,700 hours of theoretical and clinical training. It also includes 1,700 hours of clinical training with patients. You will be prepared for employment as an employee and self-employed. Take advantage of the programs offered by your private educational institution and discover the wide range of opportunities in occupational therapy.
Your school fees and the subsidies from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate ensure you access to numerous exclusive offers beyond the regular training content. If you perform well in your studies, you will also receive financial support from the X-ERGO training institute. You will be thoroughly prepared for self-employment, you will be assisted in the start-up process. From the idea to the marketing of an offer, the entire range of skills that are part of entrepreneurship are promoted.
Your learning success is our top priority at X-ERGO. This is reflected in the teaching methods and in every room of the school. Through X-ERGO’s approach to presenting content, you—as a learner—are encouraged to develop personally and discover your abilities. All methods are aimed at helping you realize your own potential to a high degree.
With X-ERGO’s performance assessments, you—as a student—will gain the necessary framework to navigate your way through school and confidently tackle the challenges that lie ahead. For this purpose, your potential is identified and promoted. A multi-layered teaching approach helps you to realise your potential. With a learning culture based on participation and support, you will be adequately moved forward. You relearn how to learn and are encouraged to strive to gain knowledge on your own initiative. The teaching methodology combines for you many proven approaches and practices while allowing for novel and modern forms of teaching. You learn innovatively.
As a student-centred company, we always focus on you as a learner. To make sure you get enough attention as an apprentice, 20 exclusive apprenticeships are offered each year. The small course size allows for full participation and involvement in the classroom.
You are consistently encouraged by the instructors to constructively participate and shape your learning world. Your instructors support you and train with you various learning techniques. The first step is always to discuss the basics for you. You will develop a solid understanding of the content taught. To reinforce your newfound knowledge, your instructors will give you various opportunities for practical application and diverse real-world examples of what you’ve learned. For complex topics, you will receive in-depth guidance. As more challenging activities are introduced, you will be introduced gradually. The meaning of what you have learned is thus made clear to you in a process. This helps you as a learner to expand your understanding of what you have learned and to consolidate the learning outcome you have achieved. You learn with more sustainability.
As a learner, everyone is a member of the school community along with faculty. The instructors encourage you as a learner to learn from each other and with each other, so that you can internalize your acquired knowledge by presenting and explaining it.
You, as a learner, are the focus of attention and will be equally involved in school activities. A continuous exchange between all parties active at the school strengthens cohesion. To this end, numerous events are offered in which you can discuss and represent school and learning topics together with your instructors across grades and courses. During these workshops, information with current relevance will be shared with you. The focus on strong internal communication throughout the course years provides an opportunity for you to grasp best teaching practices and effective strategies from one another.
Continuing education and training courses with external or internal speakers are held regularly for you as a learner as well as for the instructors. This brings new practices to your school and complements the best practices. Your academic achievements are essential to X-ERGO, which is why we track, recognize, and duly honor and celebrate them. You learn together.
The X-ERGO Library is your fountain of knowledge. You can access a large stock of specialized literature to satisfy your inquisitiveness.
To enable you to engage in self-motivated learning, you will be trained in the use of specialised literature and the research of suitable sources of knowledge for your field of knowledge. The collections of professional articles, DVDs and books available to you in the library make a vital contribution to your education. The offer is a resource for you with a coordinated selection of media. You can approach your learning independently with the media from the inventory and follow up on suggestions from class. You can learn how to research the literature as a basis for acquiring knowledge at a simplified level.
In the library, you can develop and advance your skills in effective research and evaluation of information under the guidance of your instructors. Book presentations and reviews as well as journal clubs on professional articles as well as video workshops are tools that are integrated in the classroom to teach you how to work with these media. You’ll get a new enthusiasm for reading and be inspired by the fascination of knowing human movement. You as a learner are invited to actively shape the development of our resources, because you as a user are also an active advisor and your opinion is crucial. For your stimulation, events are held where authors personally present works for you.
Every year on October 1
3 years full time
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate subsidizes 100% of the school fees. Therefore there are no course fees for you.
Maximum of 25 students;
requires a minimum of 12 students
In the first year of learning, you will mainly be taught the basic theoretical knowledge and skills.
A successful transition from general education or your previous field of endeavor is ensured. Learning according to a systematic concept is just as much a part of the program as researching specialist literature and dealing with it adequately.
You will be shown skills that ensure success, the training of exam-relevant routines and the targeted application of effective learning techniques and learning strategies.
Your advantages:
Here’s what you’ll learn:
In the second year of learning, you will build on and deepen most of the knowledge you have already acquired. Accordingly, the content is strongly based on the first year of the apprenticeship. The practical component is becoming increasingly prominent.
Your 2,700 hours of theoretical and practical coursework will be fully completed by the end of the second year of study. In addition, there is differentiated training in communication and preparation for practical work with patients towards the third year of learning.
Your advantages:
Here’s what you’ll learn:
The third year of learning consists mainly of practical assignments in real structures of therapeutic care and support. In parallel, the deepening of your specification from the individual learning focus takes place weekly in-house and monthly in the group. The preparation for the final exams has a special system. Application training and personal career counseling make the school year complete for you. You will complete the regular portion of the training program at the end of your third year of apprenticeship, and upon passing the state final exam, you will earn the professional title of occupational therapist.
Your advantages:
Here’s what you’ll learn:
At the same time as the start of the third year of learning, you can also start the preparatory course for the IHK examination for “Fachwirt im Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen” (specialist in health and social services), which is subject to a fee. In addition to the content of your final year, this also provides the associated commercial and entrepreneurial know-how to optimally prepare you for self-employment or managerial activities in an employment relationship.
In the fourth year, the exam preparation course for the IHK exam for “Specialist in Health and Social Services” is continued alongside work. The training takes place in a combination of evening lectures and some weekend seminars.
You play an active role in shaping your training at X-ERGO. You learn to work in partnership with other skilled professions in a committed manner. As an apprentice at X-ERGO, you will be encouraged and motivated to be diligent, curious, responsible, independent, and respectful. The positive learning experiences associated with this ensure the sustained acquisition of knowledge and ensure a deep understanding of what has been learned. Your independence and prudence will become increasingly pronounced in this way. As a graduate of X-ERGO, you will learn to shape your life responsibly as a proactive rather than merely reactive person. You will leave X-ERGO as an engaged citizen and a competent therapist who thoughtfully helps shape professional policy and society.
Learning at X-ERGO will change you, and you will change learning. The type of teaching at X-ERGO is designed to help learners develop into self-confident individuals. At X-ERGO, you’ll have the opportunity to gain a high level of professional expertise while identifying and capitalizing on opportunities within a dynamic healthcare system. Even with constantly changing conditions, you will find your way and the changing circumstances will additionally contribute to your success. X-ERGO’s approach is based on training with an eye toward the future, preparing students for careers in tomorrow’s healthcare system—as part of a comprehensive, holistic teaching and learning concept.
Daniel Wegen and Sergej Borkenhagen are two convinced physiotherapists who founded the private school in Bonn. Behind this, however, should equally be instructors, parents, siblings, life partners, and the learners themselves. Equal emphasis is placed not only on training, but also on personal development. This includes, in particular, supporting each other and learning with and from each other again and again. Shared values and a high level of ambition form the foundation for successful collaboration at X-ERGO. In addition to implementing the complex learning program, care and support are of great importance at X-ERGO. Emotional and social well-being have a direct positive impact on learning behavior, which is why fostering well-being is a priority at X-ERGO. At X-ERGO, the view is held that learners require holistic support that extends far beyond purely academic requirements and expectations.
As an X-ERGO apprentice, you are part of an integrated workgroup system in which you collaborate with others in a specific field throughout your years of training. The team always has a tutor who accompanies the group. The inter-grade AG system is the basic framework for a close-knit support system that promotes the competence of networking. As a trainee at X-ERGO, you play an active and crucial role in the support system. From the beginning, you will be activated to engage and prove yourself outside of the compulsory programme. You will have the opportunity to take on leadership roles within your community. Your tutors will support you with the exciting tasks and projects. The development of your social skills is equal to your professional development. This culture is built on mutual appreciation and respectful interaction.
The school's location and the many partnerships with institutions in the immediate vicinity enable you as a learner to enjoy a stimulating, varied and challenging programme.
Caring is at the center of our efforts. It is important to set goals as an individual, but also as a group, and to keep them in mind. This approach shapes the school culture and as such has a formative effect on you as a learner. X-ERGO shows you how to set goals and pursue them systematically. As a learner, you will regularly have the opportunity to reflect on your performance and to reconcile your self-perception with that of others. It is a strategic decision to implement a "target focus." Constructive goal setting and tracking is an excellent tool to keep yourself motivated day in and day out throughout the training period.
You play an active role in shaping your training at X-ERGO. You learn to work in partnership with other skilled professions in a committed manner. As an apprentice at X-ERGO, you will be encouraged and spurred on to diligence, curiosity, responsible action, independent and respectful behavior. The positive learning experiences associated with this ensure the sustained acquisition of knowledge and ensure a deep understanding of what has been learned. Your independence and prudence will become increasingly pronounced in this way. As a graduate of X-ERGO, you will learn to shape your life responsibly as a proactive rather than merely reactive individual. You will leave X-ERGO as an active citizen and competent therapist who thoughtfully helps shape professional policy and society.
Learning at X-ERGO will transform you, and you will transform learning. The teaching methods at X-ERGO are designed to help students develop into confident individuals. At X-ERGO, you’ll have the opportunity to gain a deep level of specialized knowledge while also identifying and leveraging opportunities within a dynamic healthcare system. Even with constantly changing conditions, you will find your way and the changing circumstances will additionally contribute to your success. X-ERGO's work is based on training from a future perspective for use in the healthcare system of tomorrow - as part of a generalized, holistic teaching and learning concept.
Daniel Wegen and Sergej Borkenhagen are two convinced physiotherapists who founded the private school in Bonn. Behind this, however, should equally be instructors, parents, siblings, life partners, and the learners themselves. Equal emphasis is placed not only on training, but also on personal development. This includes, in particular, supporting each other and learning with and from each other again and again. Shared values and a high level of ambition form the foundation for successful collaboration at X-ERGO. In addition to implementing the complex learning program, care and support are of great importance at X-ERGO. Emotional and social well-being have a direct positive impact on learning behavior, which is why fostering well-being is a priority at X-ERGO. X-ERGO believes that learners need holistic support that goes far beyond purely academic requirements and expectations.
As an apprentice at X-ERGO, you are part of the integrative AG system, in which you work together with others in a subject area throughout the respective training years. The team always has a tutor who accompanies the group. The inter-grade AG system is the basic framework for a close-knit support system that promotes the competence of networking. As an apprentice at X-ERGO, you play an actively decisive role in the support system. From the beginning, you will be activated to engage and prove yourself outside of the compulsory programme. You will have the opportunity to take on leadership roles within your community. Your tutors will support you with the exciting tasks and projects. The development of your social skills is equal to your professional development. This culture is built on mutual appreciation and respectful interaction.
Caring is at the center of our efforts. It is important to set goals as an individual, but also as a group, and to keep them in mind. This approach shapes the school culture and as such has a formative effect on you as a learner. X-ERGO shows you how goals are set and systematically pursued. As a learner, you will regularly have the opportunity to reflect on your performance and to reconcile your self-perception with that of others. It is a strategic decision to implement a "target focus." Constructive goal setting and tracking is an excellent tool to keep yourself motivated day in and day out throughout the training period.
The school's location and the many partnerships with institutions in the immediate vicinity enable you as a learner to enjoy a stimulating, varied and challenging programme.
Your training objective is derived from
The Act on the Occupation of Occupational Therapists (Occupational Therapy Act - ErgThG) of May 25, 1976, last amended on 12.12.2023
The Training and Examination Ordinance for Occupational Therapists (Ergotherapeuten-Ausbildungs- und Prüfungsverordnung - ErgThAPrV) August 2, 1999, last amended on June 7, 2023
The training guidelines for state-recognized occupational therapy schools in NRW from October 2007
The training objective of occupational therapy in Germany is set out in the law governing the profession of occupational therapist (Ergotherapeutengesetz - ErgThG) and in the training and examination regulations for occupational therapists (ErgThAPrV)
In particular, the training is designed to enable participants to:
To treat, counsel, instruct as well as train individuals in their respective settings, the associated form of care and the ability to cooperate & communicate intra- and inter-professionally.
Throughout your training, there is a constant focus on exploring your own identity as a future occupational therapist and as a student in a healthcare profession.
You will be prepared for employment and self-employment. After completing your training, you may work in hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, long-term care facilities, psychiatric facilities, corporate wellness programs, early intervention centers, and social pediatric centers, as well as in diagnostic and assessment settings. With your presence, your commitment and your willingness to learn, you make an essential contribution to the success of the learning process.
Here you can start directly after your training:
As a therapist, this is also where you come in:
Formally, you need the Mittlere Reife (intermediate school leaving certificate) or the German Abitur (high school leaving certificate). For X-ERGO, your motivation is key. What’s your reason for wanting to become an occupational therapist? The other formalities are a medical certificate (from the family doctor) and a simple police clearance certificate.
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate has decided to waive all tuition fees for vocational training programs in the healthcare sector. Accordingly, X-ERGO does not charge tuition fees to its students.
At X-ERGO, the theoretical and practical components of the training program are taught during the first two years of the program. Practical training on patients takes place in the third year of training. Teaching in the first two years of training is action-oriented. This means that there are no different subjects, but different contexts in which the learning content is taught in an action-oriented manner. Thus, in each context, both relevant theory and relevant subject practice are combined.
X-ERGO is well-prepared for hybrid learning. It will come down to a combination of distance and face-to-face instruction. In our eyes, both forms of teaching have their justification and respective advantage. X-ERGO combines these elements in a way that achieves the desired results. Last year, we were already able to test this mix of teaching methods with two days of distance and three days of face-to-face teaching per week.
Monday 08:30-16:00
Tuesday 08:30-16:00
Wednesday 08:30-16:00
Thursday 08:30-16:00
Friday 08:30-12:30
At X-ERGO, midterm exams are held regularly before the Christmas, Easter, and summer breaks. The intermediate examinations each consist of an oral, practical and written part.
The practical training on the patient takes place at the official training partners of X-ERGO. These are basically available as deployment sites. If you have a special institution as a desired location, you can propose it as an official training partner. This proposal will then be reviewed by the school administration.
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