Health Coaching Objectives

Conceptual Framework

This program combines didactic and experiential learning in both classroom and clinical settings. Instructional strategies include reading and web-based materials, dyad and small group interchange, large group demonstration, clinical immersion, and the power of relationships to teach. A student’s relationship to their advisor/mentor, as well as to student partners and faculty coaches, will be invaluable. Personal and familial relationships, as well as professional encounters, combine to create the unique healer that is a Health Coach. This program will capitalize on all that its students bring to the program and are able to offer – in their roles as students, as coaches, and as teachers to their peers.

Program Objectives

• Client Care – Health Coaches must be able to provide client care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the treatment of health problems and the promotion of health.
• Healthcare Knowledge – Health Coaches must demonstrate knowledge about health and illness, the ability to gather and critically evaluate health information, and apply this to client care.
• Practice-Based Learning and Self-Improvement – Health Coaches must be able to investigate and evaluate their client care practices.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills – Health Coaches must be able to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange with clients, client families, and professional associates.
• Professionalism – Health Coaches demonstrate a commitment to carrying out professional responsibilities, adherence to ethical principles, and sensitivity to a diverse population.
• Systems-Based Practice – Health Coaches must demonstrate an awareness of and responsiveness to the larger context and system of healthcare and the ability to effectively utilize system resources to provide optimal client care.