Training as a medical masseuse takes different lengths of time depending on the chosen form of training. Full-time training takes one to two years. Part-time training takes three to four years. Find out about the options at the training center of your choice.

The following personal skills are useful for training as a medical masseur:

• Strong powers of observation
• Good tactile perception
• manual dexterity
• good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate and deal with conflict
• social competence
• Clean working practices and hygiene awareness
• Sociability
• Physical resilience

Training as a medical masseur with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education gives you the opportunity to work in a wide variety of facilities. These include rehabilitation clinics and rehab clinics, retirement homes, nursing homes and spas, hospitals and health resorts. Clinics, sports clubs, wellness hotels and wellness centers can also offer employment, as can the possibility of opening your own massage practice. Medical massage training therefore opens up numerous career opportunities.

Continuing education, further training to become a medical masseur with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education can be completed full-time, part-time or on a part-time basis. Depending on the school at which you decide to train as a medical masseur, different forms of training are offered.

In a "medical masseuse training course" you learn the following:

• Collecting, interpreting and documenting data
• Creation of the treatment concept
• Implementation of the measures
• Shaping relationships
• Cooperation
• Conflict resolution
• Design of the workplace
• Administration and organization
• Quality assurance
• Care of the working environment
• Lifelong learning

You can only take part in the Federal Diploma of Higher Education Federal Professional Examination for Medical Massage Therapists if you have completed the individual modules that you take at a school during your training. This requires the completion of all eight modules. As a rule, you will only receive these qualifications if you pass the proof of competence, such as module examinations or practical work, and were present for a certain percentage of the course duration, usually at least 80 percent. An occasional absence for excusable reasons, such as illness, an important occasion or a problem within the family, is therefore of course possible, but should not occur too frequently in your own interest. You will then have to work on the topics covered in the medical masseur training course on your own. Please enquire with the individual schools about compulsory attendance and the maximum permitted absences, as we are unable to provide a general answer on this point.

Yes, training to become a medical masseuse with Federal Professional Examination is a federally recognized training measure that leads to a Federal Professional Certificate. It is the only masseur training program that leads to a Federal Professional Examination.