NSHC's program, Health Coaching Made Easy for Healthcare Providers, is uniquely designed for the busy healthcare professional and allied healthcare provider. The program: Is Self-Paced Is taken according to YOUR schedule Is a hard copy manual of guided self-instruction Has easy-to-learn Concept Applications Uses Quick Quizzes with immediate answer feedback Presents material from simple to complex Contains self-assessments of your Coaching Style Uses Disease Specific role plays (audio CD) Offers a convenient online-certification exam! No additional cost! Awards 8.2 CE contact hours for nurses and is CE eligible for Therapists Includes a quick reference Pocket Guide for use in the field Cost $385 plus s/h (TN residents: add sales tax) Note: For group purchasers, we offer volume discounts and live, facilitated discussion and educational sessions. Contact us at: info@nshcoa.com or call 931.967.0894

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For Credentialed Professionals: NSHC's Certified Health Coach

Qualifications of healthcare professionals who may attain the distinction of NSHC's Certified Health Coach include:

• Physicians
• Licensed Physician Assistants (Certified)
• Doctors of Chiropractic
• RN/LPN/LVN
• Certified Diabetic Educators
• Therapists and Assistants (Physical, Occupational, Speech Pathology)
• Medical Social Workers/Clinical Social Workers
• Registered Dieticians/Nutritionists
• Psychologists (Clinical, School, Counselor)
• Pharmacists
• Respiratory Therapists
• Certified Athletic Trainers

Note: If you do not see your credential listed here, contact us to confirm your eligibility for certification:
Email us at: info@nshcoa.com or call 931.967.0894

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For Non-Credentialed Persons: NSHC's Certificate of Completion

Persons who do not have current U.S. certification, registration or license as a healthcare professional, but are interested in our program for continued education in allied health, may obtain a Certificate of Completion upon taking and passing our online Post-test.

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Program Content

Program content is based on the higher level education, knowledge, skill and supervised practice that healthcare professionals have acquired in physical assessment, patient/family communication, psychosocial aspects of illness and recovery, health teaching/learning assessment and methods, and theory.

Section 1: Introduction to Health Coaching

• Health Coaching Defined
• History
• Differences in Traditional Health Teaching Methods and Health Coaching
• Managing versus Coaching
• Characteristics of an Effective Health Coach

Section 2: Identifying Your Communication Style

Section 3: Are You Listening?

• Ten Techniques of Active Listening for the Health Coaches
• Unique Aspects of Telephonic Health Coaching

Section 4: Tapping into the Coachee’s Learning Style

• Seven Step Learning Process

Section 5: Facilitating Health Behavior Change

• Six Stages of Change
• Readiness for Change

Section 6: Goal Setting in Health Coaching

• Goal Setting
• Setting Goals: The Six Criteria
• Working through Goal Achievement

Section 7: Health Coaching Strategies and Techniques

• OARS Technique
• Eight Powerful Health Coaching Questions
• Giving Effective Feedback
• Helpful Hints for Health Coaches "Coach Talk"
• Integrating Health Coaching into the Medical Model Of Healthcare Delivery
• Health Coaching sessions on Audio CD for Diabetes & CHF

Section 8: Measuring Health Coaching Outcomes

• Outcomes Aggregation & Trending
• Sample Outcomes to Measure &Track

Appendices: Forms and Tools