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First graduates of the OTA training: Osnabrück Hospital celebrates its premiere!
The Osnabrück Clinic says goodbye to the first graduates of the OTA training. 14 participants start their professional future.
First graduates of the OTA training: Osnabrück Hospital celebrates its premiere!
On July 24, 2025, the time had finally come: Osnabrück Hospital said goodbye to the first graduates of the new training as surgical assistants (OTA). During the celebratory graduation ceremony, the 14 newly qualified specialists, including 11 women and 3 men, received their professional license and are now looking optimistically to the future. This training was introduced at the clinic three years ago and has been very popular ever since.
As part of the celebration, numerous representatives from the clinic management congratulated the graduates. Deputy Headmistress Dr. Janika Grunau, works council member Iris Menzel, department head Christine Hochtritt as well as the course leader Esther Schulte-Möller and the practical instructor Meike Heuing were present to honor the achievements of the graduates. Managing director Klaus Beekmann particularly emphasized the technical knowledge and human skills that the graduates were able to acquire in the three years of training and congratulated the “trailblazers” with his recognition. osradio.de reports that the graduates will now primarily be used in the operating room and other clinical areas.
Training with perspective
The OTA training starts annually in the summer and enjoys a stable number of inquiries. With the new training model, a legal reorganization of the regulations in the health sector has been implemented since 2022. The graduates of this first cohort are particularly proud of being the first to complete this training. Her knowledge not only includes work in the operating room, but also in endoscopy and other outpatient functional areas. klinikum-os.de explains that they also have the opportunity to continue their training as anesthesia assistants (ATA), which further increases their career prospects.
The clinic's academy also cooperates with other institutions, so that participants from hospitals in Ibbenbüren, Rheine and Bad Rothenfelde also benefited from the OTA training. This interdisciplinary exchange not only ensures better training, but also a valuable horizon of experience for the aspiring specialists.
The total of 14 graduates, who are now starting a promising professional future, show how important the next generation of skilled workers is in the health sector. The positive response to the new training model gives hope that future generations will also find many jobs in this area.