It will teach you how to coach others as part of your 'day job'. You will be in a small, supportive peer group, led and delivered by Dr Fiona Day. Course is fully certified by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
Developing your own coaching skills will enable you to feel confident to engage and manage people, lead your own teams effectively, and to create a coaching culture while leading strategically across the system. Learning to use coaching skills also directly benefits you as a leader - learning coaching skills is an evidence-based method of developing YOU as a leader!
You can undertake the two day training without the practice elements if you only wish to gain the CPD and without the full Certification.
If you prefer, you can also proceed to apply for full EMCC Independent Accreditation following the Course!
Please log into the learning platform for Zoom links - in the precourse Housekeeping section
Self-funding? Don't forget to claim the tax back and you will be able to pay in instalments. Course includes:
Learn how to coach your direct reports, supervisees, appraisees, your team, and to create a coaching culture across your system in formal and informal settings
Based on the latest evidence in the field of coaching & coaching psychology and delivered by an expert Coach
Small peer learning groups of maximum 9 participants, using a 'group coaching' approach to learning which is based on your own unique needs and circumstances
Two days of group-based online learning with supported peer practice
Two group supervision online sessions to support your professional practice (minimum of one must be attended)
Interactive, evidence-based e-learning and resources to enhance your reflection, development and coaching practice; assessment processes aligned to medical and public health appraisal requirements
Supportive peer community to share ideas and learning
Delivered online only, to increase access for health leaders around the world, to reduce our environmental impact, to reduce costs and your stress associated with travel - &because Fiona is an expert in making online training even better than face-to-face!
Option to progress to fast-tracked Independent Accreditation at Foundation level with EMCC - an internationally recognised coaching professional award
Option to progress to more senior levels of coaching practice
You will set your own learning goals, and by the end of the Course you will also:
*ie as part of your employed ‘day job’ eg your leadership, managerial, appraisal, mentoring, and/or educational supervision roles, and with your wider team members, peers and colleagues.
This Course is not designed to teach you to coach outwith the context of your existing role - see my Practitioner Certificate Course for this next level of skill development.
You must be a senior doctor, health leader or public health specialist, and in a position to engage in 6 hours of independent skills practice with a minimum of 2 individuals outside of the learning groups in the context of your vocational role (day job).
The Foundation Coaching Certificate Course is appropriate for individuals:
This Course is fully accredited by the EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) at Foundation Level and carries their internationally recognised Global Quality Award (EQA). This is an internationally recognised accreditation for providers of coaching training who can demonstrate they they meet high professional standards.
Additional coaching experience and fees to EMCC may apply
You will be able to apply for a streamlined Individual Accreditation (EIA) process as a Foundation Coach following the Course if you wish.
This is like (re)validation and a licence to practice - it is considered essential for a professional coach but optional for coaching in your day job). Please note that additional coaching and supervision experience may apply, and you will need to pay an additional fee to EMCC.
I will be able to fast track your application, and I will be able to take any evidence of recent prior learning and prior coaching practice into account. You will need to be able to demonstrate to me additional aspects of your coaching practice (number of hours, number of clients, supervision, CPD). If you are already using a coaching or mentoring approach you will be able to use this to gain independent accreditation; my Foundation Coaching Certificate Course will provide evidence of your competency level). I am 'independently accredited' at Master Practitioner level.
You'll be confident to use coaching skills in:
I’ve coached over 500 medical and public health leaders globally in the last ten years. My real-world experience as a medical and public health leader means I understand what you deal with on a daily basis. As the world’s only Leadership Coach with advanced coaching psychology, medical and public health qualifications (MBChB, FFPH, BPS Chartered Psychologist in Coaching Psychology, EMCC Master Practitioner Coach & Mentor), I’m in a unique position to help you and your teams to flourish.
