The advancement of patient therapeutic education (PTE) requires specific training. Despite legal requirements, initial training in PTE for healthcare professionals is underfunded in France. Following a pilot phase, a national survey exploring TPE instruction was conducted by telephone in 2005. It covered 527 institutions providing initial training for ten healthcare professions (dietitians, pediatric nurses, midwives, physicians, pharmacists, dentists, healthcare administrators, physical therapists, podiatrists, and nurses). Of these, 79% responded, and 55% offer specific PCE courses. The main teaching methods they use are lectures (96%) and tutorials (86%). These courses are assessed in most cases (96%) and primarily address the caregiver-patient relationship (90%) and the challenges of PPE (89%). Factors that facilitate their implementation include their inclusion in the official training curriculum (47%) and the fact that they fall within the scope of healthcare professionals’ duties (30%). Two major constraints limit their expansion: overloaded curricula (72%) and a lack of training for instructors (57%). The results of this survey provide guidance for the development of ETP training and may serve as a reference for future research.