明尼苏达大学双城分校

Health Coaching is an emerging method of partnering with clients to achieve their overall goals. It is practiced from a holistic perspective that views each person as intrinsically whole and the ultimate expert in his or her healing journey. Health coaching is being offered in a wide range of venues including hospitals, clinics, community health and fitness facilities, corporations, educational institutions, and private practices. The Center for Spirituality & Healing is a pioneer in the field of health coaching, working to advance education, research and care model innovation.

The Master of Arts degree is designed for individuals with a bachelor's degree in either a healthcare or non-healthcare field. Students without healthcare backgrounds are eligible for admission with the prior completion of required prerequisites. The degree is designed for students who wish to further their education so that they may hold positions of responsibility coaching individuals and groups, initiating and leading new coaching service lines, and developing outcomes assessments for coaching initiatives. Although the instruction is based on research in the field, this Plan B degree is not intended to provide intensive research training and is understood to be a terminal degree. In all cases, the student's faculty advisor will work with the student in designing a program plan that accommodates the student's unique learning objectives.

The program is structured to prepare a wide variety of students to be skilled and knowledgeable advocates and support agents for individuals on their path to greater health and healing. Students must be able to demonstrate the following competencies prior to being admitted into the Advanced Health Coaching Seminar:

• Demonstrate appropriate knowledge of major health problems.
• Demonstrate familiarity with the routine mechanics of the conventional healthcare system and its processes.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of physical and psychological symptoms related to disease and treatment.
• Demonstrate basic knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology of disease, and assessment of symptoms across the life span.
• Students whose previous coursework does not enable them to meet these competencies may arrange with the program director to do additional outside coursework during the first year of the program.