Postgraduate Diploma in Science in Applied Health and Wellness Coaching

Entry to Postgraduate Diploma in Science programme stage is only available to students progressing from Postgraduate Certificate stage.Despite the widespread evidence-based knowledge that physical activity and healthy eating are good for your health, individuals are not getting any healthier. This programme will provide professionals with the tools to complement their knowledge base and enable them to facilitate their clients to achieve their health goals.Health coaching draws on a number of underpinning theories including Motivational Interviewing, the Transtheoretical Stages of Change Model and Appreciative Inquiry. The aim of health and wellness coaching is to help the individual to choose the behaviour they want to change and support them through goal setting and ongoing goal review and support.This is an academically accredited programme aimed at developing practitioner knowledge and skills in empowering people to achieve their own individual vision of wellness. One of the key themes of Healthy Ireland is empowering people and their communities (p. 24 DOH 2013) and is also a key focus in the Slaintecare report (2017) and we envisage that this programme will equip the Healthcare Practitioner and other professionals working in a health and wellness area with the knowledge and empowerment skills for undertaking that role.The programme is delivered by a core team of lecturers with backgrounds in nutrition, nursing, health and wellness coaching and PhD study in the field of health coaching and health promotion.Programme OutlineStudents can exit with a Postgraduate Certificate on successful completion of year one of the programme, or a Postgraduate Diploma in Science on successful completion of years one and two of the programme. Students who elect to complete year 3, will at the end of their studies hold a Master of Health Science qualification (not both a Postgraduate Diploma in Science and a Master of Health Science award).The following modules are conducted over 2 semesters in each year of the programme:Year 1 Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Health and Wellness Coaching (30 ECTS)Fundamentals of Coaching and Healthy Lifestyle BehavioursFoundations of Health and Wellness CoachingAdvanced Theory and Practice of Health and Wellness CoachingOur Postgraduate Certificate in Applied Health and Wellness Coaching is an Approved Health and Wellness Coach Training and Education Programme by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC). Graduates of the Certificate are eligible to apply for the HWC Certifying Examination to become National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).Learn more about the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching HEREModule Dates for Year 1, 2024-2025Induction: 11th-13th September 2024Induction sessions are delivered online and are recorded.Fundamentals of Coaching and Healthy Lifestyle BehavioursOnline Lectures: 3-5pm18th Sept 202425th Sept 20242nd Oct 202416th Oct 202423rd Oct 202413th Nov 2024On Campus Workshop: 9am-5pm9th October 2024Online Workshop: 9am-5pm6th November 2024Foundations of Health and Wellness CoachingOnline Lectures: 3-5pm27th Nov 20244th Dec 202418th Dec 202415th Jan 202523rd Jan 20255th Feb 2025On Campus Workshop: 9am-5pm11th Dec 2024Online Workshop: 9am-5pm29th Jan 2025Advanced Theory and Practice of Health and Wellness CoachingOnline Lectu...