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GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HEALTH COACHING
Telephone: (302) 831-2265
Web Site: http://www.udel.edu/bhan/graduates/health_coaching.html
Faculty Listing: http://www.udel.edu/chs/facultystaff/index.html#bhan
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Health Coaching provides students and professionals working in health care with the knowledge and skills to facilitate positive behavior change to promote health and reduce chronic disease risk and experience. Specifically, training serves to develop health coaching skills that will:
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Help people clarify their health goals, and implement and sustain behaviors, lifestyles, and attitudes that are conducive to optimal health
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Guide people in their self care and health-maintenance activities
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Assist people in reducing the negative impact made on their lives by chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes
This graduate certificate program allows students to take courses (18 credit hours) specializing in health coaching to enhance their academic and professional experience. Students may work towards a graduate certificate in addition to pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree or students may enroll in this stand-alone graduate certificate program for the purpose of personal and professional development. In some programs, certificate program course credit can be applied toward a graduate degree. ALL graduate certificate program students must achieve a cumulative 3.0 (B) grade point average in all graduate certificate courses attempted in order for the graduate certificate to be granted.
Requirements for Admission
Admission to the Health Coaching Certificate Program is determined by the satisfactory completion of the following:
A health-related undergraduate degree from an accredited institute of higher education (e.g. behavioral health, nutrition, exercise science, nursing, or related discipline(s). Health professionals with master's or doctoral degrees may choose to participate in this program. Individuals with a non-health related undergraduate degree but with commensurate and demonstrable experience in behavioral health and/or health care are also eligible to apply.
Successful completion of the University of Delaware Graduate Studies application including official transcript(s), 3 letters of recommendation, and an application essay.
Acceptance into the program will be determined by a committee comprised of faculty that teach in the program curriculum. Qualifications of each applicant are assessed on the basis of a record of success in undergraduate work and potential for success in graduate-level work or demonstrated success in graduate work. If academic deficiencies are identified applicants may be required to take prerequisite courses prior to formal admission. Review of applications and admission are conducted on a rolling basis. Admission into the Graduate Certificate Program can occur after enrolling in graduate courses.
In accordance with University of Delaware academic policy, matriculated undergraduate students may take 600 level courses as part of their undergraduate course requirements, and apply a maximum of 9 credit hours toward the certificate upon admittance into the program, the only exception being HLPR664 which can only be completed after all other course work in the program is successfully completed.
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HLPR605* |
Concepts of Chronic Disease Management |
3 |
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HLPR630 |
Behavior Change Strategies |
3 |
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HLPR631 |
Health Coaching |
3 |
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HLPR809 |
Health Behavior |
3 |
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NURS615 |
Integrative Health |
3 |
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HLPR664 |
Health Coaching Practicum |
3 |
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Total Credits |
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18 |
*Students with a nursing degree are not required to complete HLPR605. They will be required to take one of the following as a substitute per approval of their academic advisor.
Qualifying Exam
Upon completion of the 15 credit hours of didactic course work and the 3 credit hour practicum students must take a qualifying exam to receive a certificate of completion. The exam format involves a 45 to 60 min coaching session with a standardized patient under the observation of three health coaching program faculty. Students will be assessed based on the competencies outlined for the program for individual coaching sessions. Successful completion of the exam is based upon the majority of faculty deeming the student competent in each of the competency areas. In the case where two faculty members fail the student, the student will have opportunity to discuss the areas of deficiency with the faculty assessors, and will be provided recommendations for improvement and further study/practice. Students may retake the exam one time within four weeks of their initial test date. If the student fails the exam a second time, they are dropped from the program and do not receive a certificate.
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