Physician Coaching Program

Center for Professional Health course participants and external physicians can enroll in a 3-6-month coaching program that focuses on clients’ lives, professionalism, and career aspirations. Clients will engage in a process of discovery to enhance his/her current and future roles within healthcare and their family. 

The Center for Professional Health Coaching Program uses the latest coaching techniques that are proven effective in assisting clients in reaching goals. 

Providers (physicians, nurses, dentists, physician assistants, and pharmacists) who are referred to CPH for coaching will also engage in usual coaching activities as well as receive personalized instruction and mentoring on professional topics such as stress behaviors, maintaining proper boundaries, and safe prescribing practices. 

Current and past Center for Professional Health course participants or other external healthcare providers (MD/DO, APRN, DDS, PA, PhD or PharmD) who need coaching to address burnout, professionalism. and his/her overall life, career, and leadership goals. 

CPH coaching services are open to all healthcare providers from across the country. International, English-speaking clients are also welcome. 

Charlene M. Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP, has provided educational, career and life mentoring to physicians, residents, students, and nurses for over 30 years. Her expertise focuses on the professional health and wellness of physicians and other healthcare providers. She completed her formal coach training with Impact Coaching Solutions© in 2019 and is an IFC member. 

Interested in registering for the CPH Coaching Program? 

1. Please complete a new client online registration form here.

2. We will contact you to schedule your introductory call and first session. You will receive an email from cph@vumc.org to complete a new client intention form and coaching agreement. 

3. Schedule a 60-minute introductory session. This consists of the following:

• Instructions 

• What coaching is/is not 

• Confidentiality 

• Roles and expectations for the client and coach

• Selection of pathways and focus, session number, and meeting timeline 

• The coach and client will determine the optimal number of sessions during the introductory phone call 

  • It is preferred that clients enrolled in the coaching program complete a minimum of six coaching sessions over a 3-6-month time frame. Three sessions may be appropriate for some.

• Determine if assessments will be needed (We use a variety of assessment tools to help clients explore and discover more about themselves and how they perform in relationships at work and home) 

Complete sessions/pathway: Each session is scheduled for 60 minutes and when appropriate may be shortened to 30 minutes based on the discretion/agreement of the coach or client.  

Payment for Sessions 1-3 is due at registration. Payment for Sessions 4-6 is due at the end of Session 3.