Basic medical training is an advantage, but not mandatory, for admission to the retraining and re-entry course for medical practice assistants. Persons without such training must first undergo an aptitude interview. In this case, however, it is only possible to complete the X-ray course, which entitles you to obtain a certificate recognized by the FOPH, in very exceptional cases. Therefore, if you only wish to attend individual modules of the medical practice assistant training course to refresh your knowledge, you do not need any previous medical training. However, this is usually the case for complete training in the sense of retraining as an MPA.

As a medical practice assistant, you have the opportunity to continue your education with a Federal Professional Examination to become a Medical Practice Coordinator with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education, as well as a Health Insurance Specialist with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education or a Hospital Specialist with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education. Alternatively, medical practice assistants can also continue their education at Colleges of Higher Education or Universities of Applied Sciences, provided they meet the admission requirements, for example to become a certified nursing specialist CHE; certified activation specialist CHE, certified specialist in medical-technical radiology CHE or certified biomedical analyst CHE, Bachelor of Science (UAS) in physiology or occupational therapy.