Education

In further education and training, the IQH concentrates on target groups that are directly or indirectly involved in the provision of care and support services in home care. The IQH

  • designs, sells and organizes paid and free training and further education offers
  • is aimed at carers, registered and non-registered nurses, volunteers, relatives and those affected by care
  • develops new educational formats (blended learning) through the use of digital technology and artificial intelligence

Current training offers and locations

Our courses can be organized decentrally with the help of strong partners. We can provide you with an individual concept on request.
On-site training courses can be offered at your location or in one of our training facilities, subject to a minimum number of participants or fee. We currently have training facilities available through our partner network in Saarbrücken, Schleswig-Holstein (near Rendsburg), near Stuttgart, Brandenburg (Teltow-Fläming), Bonn, Berlin or Augsburg. Please contact us for your individual training requirements.

Further training for managers to strengthen the compatibility of family and work in care

Target group:

Management and executives in outpatient and inpatient care facilities in Saarland

Client: 

The management development program is carried out by the BAGSS in cooperation with the IQH on behalf of the Saarland Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family.

The overall goal of the training program is:

  1. to sensitize the participants to the special challenges of reconciling family and work (VvFuB) in care
  2. to enable the participants to recognize the need for action in their own company with regard to the compatibility of family and work (VvFuB).
  3. to present the participants with best practices from other organizations and to provide concrete measures and instruments to implement changes in their own company
  4. to enable the participants to increase the attractiveness of their company as an employer in care for current and future employees

Procedure and format:

These goals are achieved by completing the following three-day modules, which impart practice-oriented and concretely applicable instruments and methods. The modules each take half a day to enable the participants to combine further training and work.

  • Organization and personnel deployment module (module responsibility: Prof. Dr. Arne Petermann)
  • Module motivation and leadership (module responsibility: Prof. Dr. Franz Lorenz)
  • Corporate culture module (module responsibility: Prof. Dr. Franz Lorenz)
  • Personnel recruitment and retention module (module responsibility: Prof. Dr. Arne Petermann)
  • Module personality analysis and development (module responsibility: Prof. Dr. Franz Lorenz)

The concept and quality assurance of the training courses were developed by the Berufsakademie für Gesundheits- und Sozialwesen Saarland (BAGSS, www.bagss.de ) in cooperation with the Institute for Quality and Innovation in Home Care gGmbH (IQH, www.iqh-institut.de ) under the direction of Prof. Dr. Arne Petermann realized.

The lecturers employed, who are primarily to be recruited from nursing practice in the Saarland and from existing further training practice, are experienced lecturers and trainers with proven scientific and/or practical expertise in the respective teaching area and relevant references in adult further education. Prof. Dr. Arne Peterman.

Prof. Petermann specializes in practical management training as part of part-time executive education. Among other things, he helped to develop and practically teach a further training program for 120 managers for the German Red Cross. As the founder and shareholder of several companies (including Linara GmbH, 3P Projects GmbH), he has been active in the areas of executive education for over 10 years, especially with a focus on personnel selection, personnel management, personnel development, leadership, project management and organizational development. From 2013-2017 he headed the "Management in Health Care Organizations" course at the BAGSS, where he still holds a full professorship for Management in Health Care and Social Care Organizations to this day.

Further training as a "caregiver according to §§ 43b, 45a and b, 53b SGB XI"

Qualification of caregivers according to the qualification recommendations of the Bundesverband für häusliche Betreuung und Pflege e.V. and the GKV Spitzenverband according to §§ 43b, 45a/b & 53b SGB XI. The course is accredited by the Registrierungsstelle beruflich Pflegender with 40 continuing education points for nursing professionals.

Downloads: curriculum

Format: dual training with theoretical and practical modules 

Scope: 160 units of theory and 320 hours of practice, can only be completed in cooperation with a nursing practice partner

Start: Possible at any time

Course fee: EUR 600 per participant (please contact us if you would like to discuss group conditions for a larger number of participants)

Further training as a "caregiver according to §§ 43b, 45a and b, 53b SGB XI"

incl. advanced module on counseling skills to relieve the burden on family caregivers in accordance with §45a para. 1 no. 2

For people involved in educating those in need of care and their relatives, who are active in an advisory capacity on care and support services in home care and, in particular, on concepts of care in the home community (BihG).

Downloads: curriculum

Format: dual training with theoretical and practical modules 

Scope: 170 units of theory and 320 hours of practice, can only be completed in cooperation with a nursing practice partner

Start: Possible at any time

Course fee: EUR 740 per participant (please contact us if you would like to discuss group conditions for a larger number of participants)

Further training to become an “expert for home care” (IQH-certified)

For people working in home care and support who, for example, work as employees in a nursing service or support service and perform activities in the field of domestic help, support and basic care for old, sick and disabled people in accordance with SGB XI.

Scope: 600 hours (including 80 hours of theory and 520 hours of practice, can only be completed in cooperation with a nursing practice partner)

Start: possible at any time

Course fee: EUR 600 per participant (please contact us if you would like to discuss group conditions for a larger number of participants)

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