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Health Coaching: An interview with Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP

(SAN FRANCISCO)  --  Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP, sits down with Global Advances in Health and Medicineto discuss what the health coaching profession can learn from certification practices within the fitness industry. In particular, Dr Jordan explains the need for practical skill assessments in addition to written exams and how creating standards in the health coaching field is a matter of public safety as well as a way to improve the ability to effectively evaluate health coaching outcomes. 

Visit www.gahmj.com next month to watch another interview on health coaching with Karen Lawson, MD, ABIHM, an assistant professor of University of Minnesota's Family Medicine and Community Health and director of Integrative Health Coaching at the Center for Spirituality & Healing (www.csh.umn.edu).

For more information, please see the interview article titled "Health Coaching: An Update on the National Consortium for Credentialing of Health & Wellness Coaches" in the January 2015 issue of Global Advances in Health and Medicine (volume 4, no. 1), pages 68-75. Access is free to registered users. 

Dr. Meg Jordan, PhD, RN, CWP, is Co-President of the National Wellness Institute, author of HOW TO BE A HEALTH COACH, Department Chair and Professor of Integrative Health Studies M.A. Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.  She is a medical anthropologist, and behavioral health specialist.  mjordan@ciis.edu

 

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