The Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program
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The Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program
Designed for healthcare professionals working in hospital-based settings and primary or specialty care clinics.
On-site classes: Spring 2011 West Des Moines, Iowa *Teleconference calls and webinar presentations will provide additional distance learning opportunities
The Iowa Chronic Care Consortium is pleased to announce a new and robust training program for health professionals who desire to build skills in chronic care management through proactive, patient centered strategies including health coaching and effective healthcare communications.
The Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program steps beyond traditional care management. This transformative program uses a coaching model to engage patients in charting successful paths to self-management utilizing health care providers as valuable resources and partners.
The foundational elements of the Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program include skill building in the following areas:
1) Health Coaching/Patient Self Management Support
2) Communication Skills: Improving patient health literacy through effective communication strategies
3) Leadership Skills: for team building and organizational change management
4) Clinical Care Management: for population health management, quality improvement, care coordination, evaluation and outcomes measurement
The Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program is a 40 contact hour experience engaging participants with a faculty of certified health coach professionals, behavioral change specialists, experienced clinical operations personnel and with fellow professionals in health coaching practice. The program involves both on-site and distance learning approaches.
The capstone of this proven training experience is a performance evaluation and the development of a learning project plan aimed at improving chronic care management in the hospital and clinic settings. This training program experience, scheduled over six weeks, culminates in a Certificate of Competency as a Clinical Health Coach™ by the Iowa Chronic Care Consortium.
The Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program is the “next generation” program, offering special¬ized breakout sessions to provide all attendees with the knowledge, information and tools to effectively implement a successful program in their individual setting.
For more information about the Clinical Health Coach™ Training Program, and to register for the program, visit our website at www.iowaccc.com. The Iowa Chronic Care Consortium (ICCC) is a voluntary collaboration of public, private, academic and government organizations with a mission of building capacity with others to bring effective, personalized health improvement and chronic care strategies to individuals where they live.