Practicum in Health Coaching

Course Description

Preparation to operate as competent professional health coaches. Students develop their coaching competencies by completing a minimum of 50 hours of coaching in a healthcare environment. Supervision by the course instructor, who has knowledge of and experience in coaching best practices.

Learning Outcomes

• Practice core coaching competencies with clients.
• Experience self as a coach and as an instrument of change.
• Create productive and fulfilling relationships in the coaching role.
• Determine their own coaching style.
• Develop a coaching toolkit to apply to coaching practice.
• Participate in a transformational learning experience that combined theory and best practices with mentoring and coaching from a professional coach.
• Demonstrate deepened listening skills.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the coaching relationship.
• Recognize how the use of coaching tools can target and facilitate growth in their coaching clients.
• Demonstrate an understanding of coaching the ‘whole person.’