Positive Health Coaching

Explore key concepts and findings from this emerging area and train to deliver the coaching necessary for individuals to maintain their own health.

This MSc in Positive Health Coaching involves modules on the biological underpinnings of health and lifestyle medicine. Topics include the science of sleep, eating well, daily activity, stress, the negative impact of smoking (including e-cigarettes) and alcohol consumption as well as the basic biology and impact of chronic inflammation and the gut microbiome on health. Therefore, it is necessary that you have a basic understanding of human biology. It is also desirable that you have experience engaging with clients or patients in a supportive environment (clinic, community care, private practice etc.). To be eligible for the programme you must:

• Be working in a relevant sector (e.g. healthcare, allied health, management or equivalent) with coaching experience.
• Hold a level 7 or level 8 degree, or equivalent in a health-related area (medicine, nursing, dentistry, physiotherapy, etc.) and have an understanding of the biology that underpins health. or
• Hold a level 7 or level 8 degree, or equivalent in a psychology-related discipline (e.g. clinical psychology) and have an understanding of the biology that underpins health, as part of undergraduate or postgraduate training.
• Meet the English language requirements: IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent score on another standardised test. Please refer to the English language requirements below. For exemptions, please see below. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) If you do not meet the minimum academic requirements above, you may still be eligible to apply through recognition of prior learning (RPL). RPL is the assessment of knowledge, skills and competence previously acquired. Learning occurs in many contexts which include work, involvement in social and community activities, or learning through life experience generally. RPL does not give credit for experience as such; rather it considers the learning that was acquired as a result of the experience. RPL may be used to gain:
• Admission to courses/programmes where a person may not have obtained the standard entry requirements.
• Exemptions from course modules which duplicate the learning outcomes an individual has already demonstrably acquired through prior learning. Recognition of prior learning (RPL) pathway is outlined at https://www.rcsi.com/dublin/postgraduate/policies-and-guidelines/recognition-of-prior-learning If you wish to apply for recognition of prior learning, please complete the essay requirement as per assignment descriptor. English language requirement exceptions Exemptions may apply for:
• Applicants who have completed their school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) through English in a country where English is the majority native language.
• Applicants who have completed their school or undergraduate studies (three or more years) in an English speaking institution in a country where English is not the majority native language and where an IELTS score of 5 or more was a requirement for admissions to the programme.
• Applicants who have been working in a country (three years or more) where English is the majority native language or for an employer where English language is the official language.
• Graduates of an RCSI Undergraduate, Masters or Professional Diploma programme in Dublin and Bahrain. Please note: Certified proof must be uploaded as part of your application.