Accreditation

 

The University of Minnesota is a national leader in defining the scope of practice, developing educational competencies and standard of practice, and helping to lead the creation of a national certification process and exam in Health and Wellness coaching. This professional work is being done by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), the organization for which Dr. Karen Lawson has served on executive leadership since its inception in 2010.

Through the NBHWC, the University of Minnesota’s Health Coaching programs has received Transitional Program Approval and meets all standards of practice for permanent program approval (in process in 2018.) Our graduates achieve the highest level of knowledge and skills necessary to successfully complete the national board certification examination, which began in 2017, and will be an annual offering as of 2019. University of Minnesota students are qualified to complete the national board certification exam after successful completion of the Certificate in Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices: Health Coaching track or the equivalent coursework (20 required credits) as a Master of Arts student. In addition, nurses may complete a certification exam as Health and Wellness Nurse Coaches (http://www.ahncc.org/).