Career Enrichment with Whole Health Education®

Healthways National Network –  In 2006, John Reed, MD, then Chief Medical Officer of the Health Support division of Healthways, Inc., one of the country's largest health insurance networks, evaluated the NIWH Whole Health programs as well as the requirements for a learner to be accepting into the Whole Health programs. As a result of Dr. Reed's evaluation, upon completion of the program, all NIWH learners may apply to the Healthways national networks as Whole Health Advocates and Health and Wellness Coaches. The Whole Health training is an enhancement for health, allied  health and medical careers.

For Nurses

• If you are a nurse working in mainstream medicine you can utilize your Whole Health courses to qualify for the national Holistic Nurse Certification exam.
• If you are a nurse working in mainstream medicine you can utilize your certification as a Whole Health Educator to re-direct your nursing career to the in-demand fields of Integrative and Whole Health Care.
• As a nurse professional you can immediately incorporate this cutting edge approach, skills and knowledge into patient care, disease prevention and wellness promotion to better serve your patients.
• You can apply this model of patient health education in either a physician led practice or in your own practice – if you are a nurse practitioner – and bill and be reimbursed for these services.
• You can bring this training into your current specialty i.e., midwifery, women’s health, obstetrics, diabetes or cardiac focused practices, weight loss clinics, rehab and fitness centers, family medical practices, allergy and immunology focused practices, etc., to more comprehensively serve your patients.
• Utilizing this training within your own private practice or bringing this work to a group practice with other wellness practitioners is another popular application of this training for our nurse graduates.

For Allied Health Professionals

• Licensed or Certified Therapeutic Massage or Body Workers
• Certified Personal Trainers & Sports Medicine Professionals
• Certified CHES Health Educators
• Licensed or Certified Respiratory Therapists
• Licensed Opticians
• Certified Yoga Teachers
• Licensed Occupational Therapist
• Licensed or Certified Social Workers
• Certified Ultrasound professionals
• Certified Childbirth Educators
• Certified Hypnotherapists
• Licensed Physical Therapists
• Certified Diabetes Educators
• Licensed Pharmacists
• Credentialed Meditation Teachers
• Certified Asthma Educators
• Certified Hospice Counselors
• Licensed Speech Therapists
• Certified Drug Rehab Counselors
• Certified Homeopathic Practitioners
• Licensed Dental Professionals
• Certified Medical Assistants
• Certified Doulas
• Certified Shiatsu Practitioners
• Certified Family Therapists
  Certified Energy Practitioners
• Credentialed Psychotherapists
• Certified Chefs and Dietetic Technician
• Licensed Acupuncturists
• Credentialed Acupressure Practitioners
• Certified Reiki Masters
• Certified Aromatherapists
• Certified Reflexology Practitioners (and other health related licensed or certified professionals)
   
• You can incorporate this training into your current specialty, offering your clients health information that can facilitate making the right choices for their health care.
• If you are working in a clinical or medical practice you can offer your Whole Health Education or nutrition education training as an additional adjunct to the services offered at your facility. Patient health education is a billable and reimbursable service when offered under the auspices of a licensed medical physician or nurse practitioner and is adjunctive to the care of the patient.
• Many certified allied health care professionals utilize this training to enhance or create their private practice; or to obtain additional skills to participate in a group practice.
• Your Whole Health training will give you skills and knowledge that will enable you to teach Whole Health in a variety schools, institutions and settings.

For Education Professionals

• If you are a credentialed educator, you can incorporate the evidence-based, integrated health education you receive in the Whole Health curriculums to expand or enhance the level of educational training you are providing at high schools, colleges, universities, corporate wellness programs or any primary or secondary educational program either private or public. Graduates who are licensed teachers can  be certified as Wellness Educators by the Department of Education, through the schools they are employed by.
• As a trained Whole Health Educator you can provide professional workshops and seminars to target audience, corporate wellness programs or consumer groups to facilitate their awareness of health choices, wellness promotion and disease prevention programs seeking appropriated educated, credentialed and trained professionals.
• As a professional educator you can develop and offer continuing education programs to provider networks and health care institutions, "train the trainer" programs in health education, health coaching or health advocate practices.

For Doctors and Licensed Health Care Providers (MD, DPM, DO, NMD, DDS, DMD, ND, DC, and EdD)

• You will clarify and reinforce your understanding of the body/mind/spirit relationship from a unique Whole Person perspective and an integrated model of teaching and learning. This conceptual, evidence-based model is a complete departure from the didactic model of presenting individual organ systems and independent body functions that you experienced in your medical or medical or allied medical doctorate degree program.
• You will learn to relate to your patients from a whole-person perspective which:
  1. enhances the quality of your patient care
  2. enhances their patients satisfaction with their care
  3. increases your professional fulfillment and reduces practice burnout
  4. encourages patient-doctor shared decision making
  5. improves your clinical outcomes
  6. increases word-of-mouth referrals
  7. enhances your practice income
  8. enhances staff satisfaction and improves work environments
• You will be provided the knowledge, information and tools to teach or educate your peers through continuing education programs, workshops or seminars focused on whole-person care best practices and models for improving health care delivery.