Background and Research thesis:
Due to considerable interindividual variability in terms of haptic threshold, the use of valid, practicable test and training systems is particularly relevant before and during education of manual therapy and diagnostic in health care professions (e.g. Physical therapy, Manual Medicine, Midwifery, etc.). The active sensory discrimination skills of participants need to be continuously assessed and, where necessary, appropriately trained. A special blended-learning program to haptic sensory discrimination skills increases quality of training standards. The implementation of reliable haptic test and training systems in curricula contributes to assuring the quality of training standards and ultimately to optimizing patient care.

Objectives:
Supported with literature it is examined which didactic aspects are to be considered concerning the haptic sensory discrimination skills in health care education. The blended-learning preparatory course to the haptic sensory discrimination skills is introduced.

Results:
Crossings of the competence areas are fluent partly and the main focus lies for the haptic sensory discrimination skills on the method competence.
The number of the training sessions compares to the individual learning progress. Per single training a temporal extent of from 45 to 60 minutes should be kept because of the decrease of the attention and concentration achievements and by consideration of work everyday conditions. For the result protection learning experiences are to be worked off constructively. Instead of teaching commenting of the performance, success must be aware.

Conclusions:
Reliable haptic test and training systems are necessary in curricula (e.g. Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Manual Practice, Midwifery, Nursing, etc.).This test and training systems offer the option of measuring and training the haptic sensory discrimination skills of healthy individuals under objective and reproducible conditions. As part of this, the systems are oriented as far as possible to explorative occupational situations, while at the same time guaranteeing the scientific merit of a reproducible test situation. Under certain circumstances, they can also be used in the self-study context.

Keywords: Haptic sensory discrimination skills, blended-learning preparatory course, training standards, health care education.