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Essentials of Coaching Training Program
Live Virtual Education
Dec. 3 and Dec. 8

The AMA Essentials of Coaching Training Program prepares faculty and educators to use coaching skills in everyday educational interactions and to conduct structured coaching sessions that support learner reflection, informed self-assessment, goal setting, and individualized professional development. This two-day, virtual experience brings together forward-thinking physicians, educators, learners, and academic and health system leaders to teach the foundations of coaching in medical education.    

Why Attend?  
Coaching is redefining how medical professionals learn, grow and lead. At this training, you will gain practical insights and proven strategies to build and practice foundational coaching skills.  
  

What You’ll Experience:  

• Interactive workshops designed to build actionable skills you can use immediately and support professional development  
• Dynamic breakout sessions that dive into real-world applications of coaching, small group collaboration and structured practice  
   

The AMA Essentials of Coaching Training Program will address the following priority areas in coaching:  

Day 1 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST 

1. What is coaching?  
   Distinguishing coaching from advising, mentoring, teaching, and assessment  
2. Coaching mindset and competencies  
   Identifying core behaviors including listening, curiosity, trust, questioning, promoting reflection, and learner agency  
3. Coaching tools #1: Reflection and goals  
   Applying tools such as SMART and WOOP to support self-reflection, goal setting, and action planning  
4. Master Adaptive Learner and coaching  
   Using coaching to support planning, learning, assessing, and adjusting  
5. Precision education and portfolio coaching  
   Leveraging assessment data and portfolios to support insight, individualized goals, and learning plans 
   
   

Day 2 | 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM CST  

1. Structure of a coaching session
   Planning for a successful session including coaching agreement, agenda setting, reflection, insight, goal setting, action planning, and follow-up  
2. Coaching models and approaches
   Aligning coaching models with learner and program goals  
3. Coaching tools #2: Values and identity
   Applying tools such as values wheels and life journey maps to support meaning-making and professional growth  
4. Performance coaching and integration  
   Applying tools for just-in-time coaching and integrating feedback
5. Creating a coaching culture  
   Integrating coaching into everyday interactions, including challenging conversations  

 
Faculty: 

• William B. Cutrer, MD, MEd 
• Maya M. Hammoud, MD, MBA 
• Amy Miller Juve, EdD, Med 
• Sally Santen, MD, PhD 
• Margaret (Meg) Wolff, MD, MHPE 

Registration Rates: 

Early bird registration ends October 1 

• AMA non-member/General pricing: $699 
• AMA member pricing: $499 

General registration ends November 20

• AMA non-member/General pricing: $799
• AMA member pricing: $599