Apply for DHWCT

Eligibility

• Applicants must hold a minimum of an associate’s degree (or higher), which may be in any field of study. Exceptions may be made for those with 3 or more years of experience in a medical or allied health field such as medicine, nursing, physical therapy, health education, exercise physiology, psychotherapy, or nutrition.
• Applicants are not required to have a healthcare background

Application Process

• Apply online, allowing 2-4 weeks for application review.
• Review the following application information:
  • Applications are not connected to any particular course format or course dates, and are accepted on a rolling basis.
  • An approved application is valid for 18 months, and acceptances are valid for a period of 18 months from your date of acceptance.
  • There is no fee to apply.
  • Notifications of acceptance decisions will be sent via email to the email address you provided on your application.

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

  Registration Open! Complete the FREE Online Application to take the next step!!

• DHWCT Cohort 16 (Virtual): October 5, 2026 – June 28, 2027
  • Core Competencies Phase
    • Orientation:   10/05/2026 – 10/09/2026 (Self-Paced – No live sessions this week)
    • Live Group Sessions: Begin 10/13/2026 through 02/24/2027 (No live sessions the weeks of 11/23/2026, 12/21/2026 and 12/28/2026)
    • Select only one section at the time of registration:
      • Tuesday Live Sessions: 9:30 am to 12:30 pm EST
      • Wednesday Live Sessions: 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm EST
  • Advanced Skills Phase: Self-paced
    •  March 1, 2027 – June 28, 2027
• Preferred Application Date
  • Applications are on a rolling basis, however, if you want to ensure being able to register at the early registration rate, it is preferred to apply at least two weeks prior to the early registration deadline
• Registration Dates
• Early Registration Deadline: September 14, 2026
  • Last Day to Register: October 2, 2026 (or when the program is full)

Registration Process for Accepted Applicants

• Registration is available online after an application has been approved. If you have questions, reach out via Email Here and we would be happy to assist.
• At the time of registration, you will choose a section (day of the week and time of day) and then always come on that day at that time. Due to the experiential nature of the course, practice groups, plans, and appropriate staffing, it is not possible to move between the sections.
• Registrations are taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Acceptance into the course without registration and payment does not reserve your place in the course. We will offer a waitlist for courses that fill to maximum capacity prior to the registration deadline.

Registration Fees

• Regular course registration fee is $5500
• Early registration fee is $4950 (10% discount of $550)
• Duke employees qualify for a 15% discount. This discount is not eligible to be combined with the early registration discount.
• If you are not a Duke employee and your employer is paying your program fee, please contact the DHW Programs Team after your application has been approved to let us know so that we can ensure payment is processed in a timely manner. Once payment is received, we can then enroll you in the program. If payment is not received from your employer, you will be asked to please provide an alternate form of payment to complete your registration.

Course Requirements

• DHWCT course content is designed to be sequential and full attendance is required. For this reason, we encourage you to register for a course in which you can attend all live sessions. However, you may miss up to two live sessions. If you do, you will be required to watch the corresponding recordings and complete the accompanying quiz.
• In order to receive a certificate of completion and earn continuing education credits, you must fully attend each live session. You may miss up to two live sessions; however, you will be required to watch the recording for each missed session and complete the accompanying quiz. In addition to the live attendance requirements, you must complete all of the online components of the training, including Orientation, E-Learnings, Demonstration Videos,  attend all 4 of the scheduled Mentor Sessions, Course Assessment, Course Evaluation, and Attestation.  If you miss one of the Mentor Sessions, you will be required to pay a missed session fee and will need to reschedule the missed session.
• DHW Programs reserves the right not to award a certificate of completion and education credits if you do not complete all components of the training.
• Click here to review the DHWCT Attendance Policy.
• Standard Duke Health & Well-Being cancellation policies apply.
• System Requirements – The minimum system requirements for participation are as follows:
  • Internet access
  • Desktop or laptop computer. Note: Chromium operating systems (Chromebooks) are not fully supported and will result in not being able to fully participate in courses.
  • Phone line with long-distance capability

Accommodations Statement

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations or who have questions about physical access should contact us in advance of the program.

Continuing Education Credits Available/Duke Health & Well-Being: Duke Health & Well-Being Coach Training

Cohort 15 (July 2026 – February 2027), Cohort 16 (October 2026 – June 2027) ,Cohort 17 (March -November 2027)

Sponsored by Duke Health & Well-Being/Provided by Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development

Target Audience: This course is designed for health coaches and other health professionals who may work with clients on health behaviors that support overall health. These professionals may include: physicians, nurses, pharmacists, psychologists, allied health professionals, and other healthcare/health and wellness specialists. All target audience members are eligible for continuing education credit upon successful completion of this course.

Continuing Education Credit Statements

In support of improving patient care, Duke University Health System Clinical Education & Professional Development is accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The designation was based upon the quality of the educational activity and its compliance with the standards and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

Joint Accreditation Continuing Education Credits

Category 1: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this live activity for a maximum of 122 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)^TM. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurse CE: Duke University Health System Department of Clinical Education and Professional Development designates this activity for up to 122 credit hours for nurses. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in this activity.

Pharmacy: This activity is assigned Universal Activity (UAN) # for Pharmacists: JA0000655-0000-24-177-L04-P, JA0000655-0000-24-177-L04-T,  and is accredited for 122 hours.

IACET Statement of Accreditation
As an IACET Accredited Provider, Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development offers CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET Standard.   Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development is authorized by IACET to offer 12.0 CEUs for this program.

Note:  All target audience members are eligible for continuing education credit upon successful completion of this course.  This course does not issue certificates of attendance and does not award partial Joint Accreditation (JA) or IACET CEU continuing education credit certificates for partial attendance. Any questions regarding acceptance of JA continuing education credits by credentialing bodies, boards, or professional organizations or associations must be submitted directly to those entities.

Resolution of Conflict of Interest
Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development has implemented a process to resolve any potential conflicts of interest for each continuing education activity in order to help ensure content objectivity, independence, fair balance, and that the content is aligned with the interest of the public.

Disclosures
It is the policy of Duke University Health System Clinical Education and Professional Development to require the disclosure of anyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity.  All relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests and/or manufacturers must be disclosed to participants at the beginning of each activity.

Summary of Faculty/Speaker Disclosure and Planning Committee Disclosure: The following speakers and/or planning committee members have indicated they have no relationship(s) with industry to disclose relative to the content of this CE activity: Susan Blackford, MD (Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC),Tammy Kellebrew, PharmD, Kim Brame McGimsey, B.A., NBC-HWC, Brian Housle, M.S., M Ed., NBC-HWC (Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC), Dina Lumia, M.A., NBC-HWC (Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham, NC), Leigh Ann Hoffman, NBC-HWC, Amy Hoogervorst, NBC-HWC, Janie Bisson, NBC-HWC, Heather Hale, NBC-HWC, Jim Tillman, NBC-HWC, Kathy Mackintosh, BS, NBC-HWC

The International Coach Federation (ICF) has approved this program for Continuing Coach Education (CCE) hours: 24 CCEs in Core Competencies and 16 CCEs in Resource Development.