A Continuing Professional Education Program for Health Professionals
The Coca-Cola Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness has developed this Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-approved continuing professional education (CPE) online program based on a live webinar program archive to allow more professionals to benefit from this educational activity.
Registered dietitians and dietetic technicians, registered: Follow the instructions to earn 1.0 CPE credit hours.
Step 1: Review Program Overview and Learning Objectives (listed below)
Step 2: View the Program Materials
Handout (PDF)
Step 3: Complete CPE Quiz and Course Evaluation
After completing the quiz, you will receive your score, the correct answers and be able to download your CPE Certificate.
Step 4: Print bibliography and additional resources (PDF) for more information on this topic.
Note: To save a PDF, right-click on the link and choose "save target as."
Want Nursing CE for this program? Go to www.pcna.net for the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association.
Effective Through: June 15, 2013
CDR Program Number: 095356
CDR Suggested Learning Needs Codes:
6010, 6030, 6080
Cost: There is no fee for this program
Do your patients know what to do to improve their health but still don't do it? Complete this program to gain insight into behavior and learn how to help your patients implement positive changes. This course introduces and describes the technique of Mindset and other strategies that can assist individuals in health behavior change.
A Fixed Mindset involves the belief that one's qualities and abilities are set in stone, whereas a Growth Mindset is the belief that one can develop those qualities and abilities. Mindset is compared with current lifestyle behavior theories and models to provide a "toolkit" of strategies in health behavior change. A case scenario is presented to demonstrate the use of these strategies, including lifestyle change tools to promote effective patient health behavior change.
After completing this self-study learning module, health professionals will be able to:
Dr. Carol S. Dweck , one of the world's leading researchers in the field of motivation, is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research examines the self-conceptions people use to guide their behavior and focuses on why people succeed and how to foster their success. Dr. Dweck has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, lectured to business, sports, and education groups all over the world, won numerous awards, and been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her work has been prominently featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and she has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, 20/20, and NPR’s Morning Edition. Her recent book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (published by Random House) has been widely acclaimed and is being translated into 17 languages.
Dr. Lola Coke is a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist certified in motivational interviewing and an Assistant Professor at Rush University College of Nursing in Chicago. Her research interests include the impact of resistance training on household physical activities and quality of life in women experiencing cardiac events. A 2001 Albert Schweitzer Fellow, she developed a “Healthy Heart” program for underserved African American women and currently serves on the program's Advisory Council. In 2006 she received the "Martha Hill New Investigator" Award from the Council on Cardiovascular Nursing, American Heart Association for her resistance training research. Dr. Coke works as a physical activity interventionist using telephonic motivational interviewing (MI) on an NIH funded study examining physical activity in caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease.
Diane Quagliani is owner of Quagliani Communications, Inc., and a former media spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association. Quagliani Communications specializes in nutrition communications for consumer and health professional audiences. Diane has authored numerous articles on nutrition hot topics, including articles for leading consumer magazines and newspapers such as Better Homes and Gardens, Weight Watchers Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, and The Chicago Tribune, and for professional publications such as The Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Nutrition Today, Today’s Dietitian and The Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences. Diane coauthored ADA’s 2002 position paper on Food and Nutrition Misinformation and served as content advisor for the 2006 update.
The Coca-Cola Company’s Beverage Institute For Health & Wellness is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-provider number BF001.