Training for Individual Health Practitioners

Health Change Associates (HCA) provides training in the HCA Model of Health Change. Face-to-face core training is currently available through workshops in Australia for individual health practitioners. Telephone and web-based training is available worldwide (please note, that this training is customized, please contact HCA to discuss your requirements further).

HCA Core Training

Click here to view a diagram of the core training pathway for clinicians.

Introductory training in the HCA Model involves two parts, ideally spaced 3-6 months apart to allow time for the tools and techniques to be implemented into the workplace.

• HCA Core Training Part 1: The HCA Model of Health Change (2-day workshop) provides information about the HCA Model of Health Change and techniques and processes required for clinicians to increase patient or client adherence to treatment and lifestyle recommendations.
  
  The training provides a stepped checklist of processes to consider, and optional tools and techniques to use when a patient or client is blocked from engaging in, or maintaining behavior change. It pays particular attention to dealing with patients or clients who are low in readiness to change, whilst also reviewing techniques to use once a decision has been made to work on a particular health issue.  It can be applied to any individual or group setting where the client is required to make behavior changes for better health outcomes. 
• HCA Core Training Part 2: Applying the HCA Model of Health Change (1-day workshop) builds on Part 1 by assisting clinicians to adapt the full model to their particular role and clinical practice. It review and practices the most critical processes to apply, particularly when patients or clients are low in readiness to make changes. The training format allows participants to clarify principles, processes and techniques, and to discuss their progress in using the HCA Model.  It provides participants with the opportunity to tailor the training content to their own needs and to work through common challenges.

Two formats are available for receiving HCA Model core training. Face-to-face workshops are offered in Australia and a distance learning option combining telephone and web-based training is available worldwide (please note, this training is customized, please contact HCA to discuss your requirements further).

For Australian workshops, please click here to access our partner site Health Coaching Australia.

Other Partners

Health Change Associates welcomes enquiries from other organizations interested in partnering with us to deliver training in the HCA Model to health practitioners worldwide.

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HCA Model Certificate of Accreditation Level 1 & Level 2

Once you have completed the core workshops training, you become eligible as a candidate for the HCA Model Certificate of Accreditation – Level 1. This certificate of accreditation comprises a collection of case-study based assignments assessed for evidence of competency.

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