Course Summary
This course teaches effective communication techniques for health coaches to engage with their clients and help them achieve their health goals.Key Learning Points
- Learn how to use motivational interviewing to guide conversations
- Understand the importance of empathy and active listening in coaching
- Use techniques such as reframing and open-ended questions to guide conversations
Job Positions & Salaries of people who have taken this course might have
- USA: $45,000 - $65,000
- USA: $45,000 - $65,000
- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- USA: $45,000 - $65,000
- USA: $40,000 - $70,000
- USA: $30,000 - $70,000
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand effective communication techniques for health coaching
- Learn how to use motivational interviewing to guide conversations
- Develop skills in empathy and active listening
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- No prior experience required
- Interest in health coaching and helping others achieve their health goals
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online
- Self-paced
- Video lectures
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Notable People in This Field
- Dr. Dean Ornish
- Dr. Andrew Weil
- Dr. Mark Hyman
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Description
Are you a healthcare practitioner or student in a healthcare field?
Outline
- The foundations of health coaching
- Welcome to the course
- Experimenting with a health coaching approach
- Introducing the course
- Health coaching - evidence and perspectives
- A person-centred mindset and skillset
- Experimenting with a health coaching approach
- Key principles of health coaching
- When can a health coaching approach be valuable to use?
- Key points from Module 1Â
- End of Module 1
- Long term conditions and modifiable risk factors
- Module 1: The foundations of health coaching
- Health coaching skills
- Excerpt from a health coaching conversation
- Clarifying expectations
- Building rapport
- Motivational interviewing skills - OARS
- Asking effective coaching questions
- Key points from Module 2Â
- End of Module 2
- Module 2: health coaching skills
- The process of health coaching
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 1)
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 2)
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 3)
- Follow up conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 4)
- The 4 processes of Motivational Interviewing
- Focusing and setting effective goals
- Evoking change talk through exploring the current situation
- Planning next steps
- Reminder of useful health coaching questions
- The COM-B of Behaviour Change
- Reviewing progress
- What if health coaching isn't working?
- Key points from Module 3
- End of Module 3
- Focusing and setting effective goals
- Evoking change talk through exploring the current situation
- Module 3: health coaching in practice
- Integrating coaching skills within healthcare consultations
- Student and clinician perspectives on health coaching
- Video consultation of doctor offering healthy lifestyle advice
- Follow up video consultation between doctor and patient
- Telephone consultation with a patient concerned about tiredness
- Applying coaching skills during healthcare consultations
- Case study
- Introduction to quiz (including reminder of key coaching skills)
- Key points from Module 4
- End of Module 4
- Follow up video consultation between doctor and patient
- Telephone consultation with a patient concerned about tiredness
- Module 4: applying coaching skills in time-limited consultations
Summary of User Reviews
Discover the art of health coaching conversations with this highly rated course on Coursera. Students appreciate the course's focus on active listening and empathy, which helps them connect with clients and improve their well-being.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
The course emphasizes the importance of active listening and empathy in health coaching conversations.Pros from User Reviews
- Course material is well-structured and easy to follow
- Instructors are knowledgeable and engaging
- Real-world examples and case studies help to contextualize the material
- Interactive assignments encourage practical application of concepts
- Supportive community of learners provides valuable peer-to-peer feedback
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users found the course content to be too basic or simplistic
- Course may not be suitable for those looking for a comprehensive certification program in health coaching
- Limited opportunities for personalized feedback from instructors
- Some technical issues with the Coursera platform were reported
- The pace of the course may be too fast for some learners
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