Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching
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BASICS - 5-Week Course
CHEF Coaching—The Basics course comprises five weekly lectures that examine the relationship between home cooking and health.
In this series, participants will:
Discuss barriers to home cooking
Improve their culinary skills and personal health
Demonstrate culinary coaching knowledge and skills; and describe strategies for empowering patients/clients to adopt home cooking.
Use health coaching tools and remote culinary resources to improve nutrition
BEYOND THE BASICS - 5-Week Course
CHEF Coaching—Beyond the Basics comprises five weekly educational and skills development sessions (CHEF Coaching Basics is a required prerequisite to this course)
In this series, you will:
Hone the efficacy of your culinary coaching with patients and their families.
Practice getting feedback and refining your culinary coaching techniques
Log in from your kitchen and cook online with a chef
Implement telemedicine, culinary training, and health coaching into your practice
WHO can take this course?
This course is designed for Specialty and Primary Care Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Health and Wellness Coaches, Dietitians, Physical Therapists, Social Workers, Exercise Physiologists, Occupational Therapists, Residents, Fellows, and Personal Trainers.
Upcoming Cohort
Beyond the Basics beginning week of March 16 (CHEF Coaching Basics is a required prerequisite to this course)
Participants will select one group day/time to complete the 5-week course.
Group 1 8-9:30 p.m. ET Mondays, March 16-April 13 Group 2 11-12:30 pm ET Tuesdays, March 17-April 14 Group 3 3-4:30 pm ET Wednesday, March 18-April 22 (no class April 1)
Group 4 6-7:30 pm ET Thursday, March 19-April 23 (no class April 2)
Course directors

Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School

Assistant Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Part-Time, Harvard Medical School
Faculty
Jane Barg, NBC-HWC Faculty, CHEF Coaching Program, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Owner, Concordia Integrative Health Coaching
Laura Klein, BS Owner Well Seasoned Coaching Program Faculty, Clinicians CHEF Coaching Program, Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital




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