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Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching—The Basics 

Thursday, June 8, 2023
8:30 am - 4:40 pm 
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8:30 am

Program and Resources Overview
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA and Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

9:00 am

Introduction to Culinary Coaching: Improving Nutrition through Culinary Training Combined with Coaching Principles
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA 

9:30 am

The Nutritional Science of Home Cooking: What and How Should My Patient Cook?* 
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA 

10:00 am

Why Doesn’t My Patient Cook? Recognizing and Making It Easier for Patients to Address the Reasons They Don’t Embrace Healthier Cooking Practices
Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

10:40 am

Practice! Practice Tools to Set Culinary Vision and Long-Term Culinary Goals
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA and Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

11:20 am

The Basics for Healthy Cooking: Stocking a Pantry, Finding Healthy Recipes, Making Shopping Lists, and Setting Up Your Kitchen for Success* 
Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

11:55 am

Implementing Culinary Coaching: Early Adopters' Experiences 
Lizzie Luchsinger

12:10 pm

Cooking with Little Time or Budget: Kitchen Economies and Efficiencies to Make Healthier Kitchens More Accessible to More Patients* 
Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

12:40 pm

Break

1:40 pm

Patient Outcomes
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA

1:55 pm

Getting Patients (Even Reluctant or Unskilled Cooks) into the Kitchen: Motivational Interviewing and Coaching to Produce Healthier Kitchen Behaviors
Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

2:25 pm

Practice! Practice Tools to Integrate Culinary Discussions and Short-Term Culinary Goals into Medical Encounters
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA and Jane Barg, NBC-HWC, Chef

3:10 pm

Implementing Culinary Coaching: Early Adopters' Experiences
Shirly Ramchandani, MD

3:25 pm

In-Office Culinary Education Tools and Delivery Strategies: Group Lectures, Individual Coaching, Hands-On Instruction, and Reimbursement Strategies
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA

4:00 pm

Mastering Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching: How to Quickly and Effectively Help Patients Set and Achieve Realistic Culinary Goals 
Rani Polak, MD, Chef, MBA

4:40 pm

Pre-Course Adjourns

*Culinary talks that also include recipes, introduction of new cooking techniques, and several tips to improve your home cooking

Upon completion of this one-day CHEF Coaching Basics program and the CHEF Coaching—Beyond the Basics distance-learning program (shown below), graduates receive a Certificate of Completion in Culinary Coaching form the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

Culinary Health Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching—Beyond The Basics 

Five 90-minute, weekly, distance-learning sessions (several options available in July/August 2023, January/February 2024, April/May 2024)

  • Hone the efficacy of your culinary coaching with patients and their families
  • Practice getting feedback and refine 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

To view the syllabus, click here.

Click here for program details, dates, and registration. (Separate registration required. Please note: these sessions will not be recorded.) 

 

Upon completion of the one-day CHEF Coaching Basics program and the CHEF Coaching—Beyond the Basics distance-learning program, graduates receive a Certificate of Completion in Culinary Coaching form the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.