Module 1: Introduction to the Health Coach Course and Behaviour Change

Topics include:

• Introduction to health coaching: The role of the health coach.
• Impact of health determinants and social and behavioural factors on health outcomes and how health coaching can be used for health promotion.
• Motivating behaviour change through improving communication skills.
• Introduction to motivational interviewing as a person-centred communication style that can enhance a person’s motivation for healthy change.

Dates

Synchronous sessions:

• Part 1 – Friday, January 17, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan
• Part 2 – Friday, January 24, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan

Following these dates will be 1 hour of self-directed learning (SDL).

Module 2: Health Coaching Foundations and Stress Management

Topics include:

• Advancing motivational interviewing skills.
• Building relationships between health coaches, clients and other health professionals.
• Creating a coordinated care plan to overcome barriers to behavioural change.
• Working with clients on the interplay between stress and health.
• Stress management and self-care strategies.

Dates

Synchronous sessions:

• Part 1 – Friday, January 31, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan
• Part 2 – Friday, February 7, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan

Following these dates will be 1 hour of self-directed learning (SDL).

Module 3: Nutrition and Physical Activity Health Coaching

Topics include:

• Physical activity, exercise, and sedentary behaviour.
• Using motivational interviewing skills to overcome barriers to physical activity and exercise.
• Health risks of sedentary behaviours and the frequency, intensity, and types of physical activities appropriate for specific chronic conditions.
• Using the current Canadian dietary recommendations and people’s innate interest in food and nutrition to facilitate cross-discipline collaboration in health coaching.

Dates

Synchronous sessions:

• Part 1 – Tuesday, February 11, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Shannan Grant
• Part 2 – Friday, February 14, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Erika Howe Cellini

Following these dates will be 1 hour of self-directed learning (SDL).

Module 4: Health Coaching Simulation and Learning Consolidation

Professional actors will simulate a series of standardized cases and scenarios that may arise during the health coach process. The goal of this module is to enhance participants’ confidence and readiness to incorporate health coaching into their respective practices. Leading clinical experts will be on hand to provide participants with feedback on the applications of health coaching.

Topics include:

• How to implement your health coaching process and skills using a variety of simulated cases and scenarios with professional actors.
• Monitoring and self-evaluation of health coaching practice.

Learning consolidation and application of new skills to current or future practice.

Dates

Synchronous sessions:

• Part 1 – Friday, February 21, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan + facilitators and sim actors
• Part 2 – Friday, February 28, 2025 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Zoom – Instructor: Leigh Caplan

Facilitators for module 4 include Miriam Blond and Tricia Wilkerson.

Following these dates will be 1 hour of self-directed learning (SDL).