Health Coaching Conversations
Are you a healthcare practitioner or student in a healthcare field? Do you want to learn how to have more empowering conversations with your patients and support them to take control of their own health and wellbeing? Are you looking for a course to start learning these skills that also fits with your busy life? If so, this is the course for you! In this course, you will become much more familiar with some key health coaching principles and skills, and will be equipped to start applying these in your own healthcare contexts with patients and in your own life too.
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- Level Foundation
- Duration 6 hours
- Course by Imperial College London
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Are you a healthcare practitioner or student in a healthcare field? Do you want to learn how to have more empowering conversations with your patients and support them to take control of their own health and wellbeing? Are you looking for a course to start learning these skills that also fits with your busy life? If so, this is the course for you! In this course, you will become much more familiar with some key health coaching principles and skills, and will be equipped to start applying these in your own healthcare contexts with patients and in your own life too.Modules
Invitation to participate in our MOOC evaluation
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3
Readings
3
Readings
- Invitation to participate in our MOOC evaluation
- Consent form
- Pre-course evaluation questionnaire
Introduction to the course
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1
Videos
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1
Readings
1
Videos
- Welcome to the course
1
Readings
- Introducing the course
Why is health coaching needed?
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1
Readings
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1
Assignment
1
Assignment
- Long term conditions and modifiable risk factors
1
Readings
- Health coaching - evidence and perspectives
Principles of health coaching
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1
Videos
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4
Readings
1
Videos
- Experimenting with a health coaching approach
4
Readings
- 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?
Module 1 Quiz
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1
Assignment
1
Assignment
- Module 1: The foundations of health coaching
End of Module 1 summary
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2
Readings
2
Readings
- Key points from Module 1
- End of Module 1
Core skills in health coaching conversations
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4
Readings
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1
Discussion
1
Discussions
- Building rapport
4
Readings
- Clarifying expectations
- Building rapport
- Motivational interviewing skills - OARS
- Asking effective coaching questions
Module 2 Quiz
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1
Videos
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1
Assignment
1
Assignment
- Module 2: health coaching skills
1
Videos
- Excerpt from a health coaching conversation
Discussion forum to share experiences of applying health coaching approaches
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1
Discussion
1
Discussions
- Share your experiences so far of applying health coaching approaches
End of Module 2 Summary
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2
Readings
2
Readings
- Key points from Module 2
- End of Module 2
The four processes of Motivational Interviewing
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3
Videos
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5
Readings
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2
Discussion
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2
Assignment
2
Assignment
- Focusing and setting effective goals
- Evoking change talk through exploring the current situation
2
Discussions
- Discussion on video of healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 2)
- Discussion on video of healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 3)
3
Videos
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 1)
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 2)
- Conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 3)
5
Readings
- 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
Generating and maintaining behaviour change
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1
Videos
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3
Readings
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2
Discussion
2
Discussions
- Discussion on follow up conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient
- Supporting those who are not progressing with addressing their health behaviours
1
Videos
- Follow up conversation between healthcare practitioner and patient (Part 4)
3
Readings
- The COM-B of Behaviour Change
- Reviewing progress
- What if health coaching isn't working?
Module 3 Quiz
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1
Assignment
1
Assignment
- Module 3: health coaching in practice
End of Module 3 summary
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2
Readings
2
Readings
- Key points from Module 3
- End of Module 3
Applying coaching skills during healthcare consultations
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1
Videos
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2
Readings
1
Videos
- Student and clinician perspectives on health coaching
2
Readings
- Applying coaching skills during healthcare consultations
- Case study
Module 4 Quiz
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3
Videos
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1
Readings
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1
Discussion
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3
Assignment
3
Assignment
- 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
1
Discussions
- Integrating health coaching approaches in you own work
3
Videos
- Video consultation of doctor offering healthy lifestyle advice
- Follow up video consultation between doctor and patient
- Telephone consultation with a patient concerned about tiredness
1
Readings
- Introduction to quiz (including reminder of key coaching skills)
End of Module 4 summary
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2
Readings
2
Readings
- Key points from Module 4
- End of Module 4
Post-course evaluation questionnaire
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2
Readings
2
Readings
- Post-course evaluation questionnaire
- Consent form
Auto Summary
"Health Coaching Conversations" is a foundational Coursera course in Health & Fitness designed for healthcare practitioners and students. Led by expert instructors, it focuses on empowering patient interactions and health coaching principles. The course spans 360 minutes and is available through Starter and Professional subscriptions, making it ideal for those seeking flexible learning to enhance their healthcare skills.
Dr Arti Maini