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Expertise in the discipline of coaching, as well as growing your business create great value

I’ve worked with Francine as a student in the Physician Coaching Institute Certification Program and would recommend her and the program for anyone wishing to gain greater expertise in coaching physicians. Francine’s experience as a physician, her expertise in the discipline of coaching, as well as her extensive network for both professional development and marketing/ growing your business create great value for those fortunate enough to work with her. Francine knows the current issues and dynamics impacting physicians and is generous in sharing her knowledge and wisdom re: effective coaching strategies to help empower and develop physicians as leaders, and as happy and fulfilled individuals. Francine’s ever-present positive attitude and contagious laugh just top off an already positive experience!

After completing the training, I have a host of tools and skills to use in coaching

Before completing the Physician Coaching Institute training program, I had neither the skills nor the confidence to coach physicians in our academic medical center. I was also functioning as an advisor, giving suggestions and not coaching.  After completing the training, I have a host of tools and skills to use in coaching. Practicing these skills with my cohort helped me shift from advising to coaching, which is a powerful approach to supporting other physicians in their journey towards a more fulfilling career. 

I have found my calling

I have launched my [coaching] business and thinking about becoming an LLC as it is getting busier by the month!
It’s amazing how it has snowballed.
I have found my calling…

The added benefit of using the tools and exercises was a gift

I explored the PCI program hoping to gain tools and techniques to help my colleagues and “feed forward” my learnings from 40 years of practice and 12 years of serving as the Chief Medical Officer.  The added benefit of using the tools and exercises was a gift as I had set my retirement date for six months after the course was to end.  I learned that the didactics and peer coaching created a safe space for me to explore my own journey and actually facilitated my retirement journey.  Now I “retired to” rather than “retiring from.”  I tell all my boomer friends, if retirement is within the next three years, hire a coach! (or become one!) Thank you!

Provided structure around coaching, tools and methods for busy healthcare providers

Prior to starting Physician Coaching Institute, I had completed the required certification hours for coaching, but had done some coaching at my organization. I wanted to expand my offering to the physicians and other healthcare providers so I joined Physician Coaching Institute. It not only provided more insight to the world of physicians, it also provided structure around coaching, tools and methods that work for the busy healthcare providers. I highly recommend this program if you want to learn more about coaching physicians and healthcare providers.

Gained confidence and crystallized the awareness required to coach effectively

Before I enrolled in the Physician Coaching Institute, I intuitively knew that Physicians and Health Care Professionals had a specific set of needs and challenges. As I worked through and completed the program, I gained the confidence and crystallized the awareness required to coach effectively in those spaces, and design coaching programs to provide support in those specialized areas.

Better able to facilitate self realization and awareness

Prior to starting this coaching course with Physician Coaching Institute, I thought by fixing things for others, I was helping them. During this course, I learned that the problem isn’t as important as the person with the problem. Through the informative, complete and intensive PCI training program, I have become a better and more engaged listener and better able to facilitate self realization and awareness in a coachee/client. I can’t recommend PCI highly enough.

Using new insights to move clients more easily toward their desired outcome

Before I enrolled in the Physician Coaching Institute, I found that although I excelled at establishing trust and being fully present, I lacked higher level tools and powerful questions to create deeper awareness for the client to achieve transformational growth.

After completing the PCI training program, I am much more confident at asking questions that evoke greater awareness and am able to use these new insights to move clients more easily toward their desired outcome.

I coach with much greater presence

Before I completed the Certified Physician Coach Development Program, my approach to coaching doctors was rather ad hoc, focusing heavily on each session and limited in scope. After completing the program, I feel like I coach with much greater expansivity and presence. I have learnt to apply a carefully considered and structured approach to every aspect of my coaching, from coaching program development right through to an articulated coaching philosophy. Collectively the cohort, along with course facilitators Francine and Amorah, stretched and supported me at every step. I’m grateful to have built an amazing network of like-minded friends and continue to draw on their strength and wisdom. I would absolutely recommend this program to any aspiring physician coaches.

Combination of didactic learning, peer coaching…and one on one

The Physician Coaching Institute’s physician developmental coaching certification program exceeded my high expectations. The combination of didactic learning, peer coaching cohort activities, and one on one sessions with Francine Gaillour allowed me to become a confident physician coach and both develop and have approved an internal coaching program for my health system.

Specifically, the peer coaching cohorts provided a safe space for me develop coaching skills and receive excellent personal developmental physician coaching from my peers which was an unexpected benefit of the program. Sessions with Francine provided for personalized developmental growth and guidance as I launched my internal coaching program. I highly recommend the certification program for those seeking to be physician coaches.

I have a renewed purpose in my life, and coaching skills to offer service to those over-worked, under-valued and under-acknowledged physicians

Before the PCI program, I was an underutilized, retired paediatrician with a desire to support former colleagues’ wellbeing in an increasingly pressurized workspace. However, I had no clear vision or pathway forward.

After completing the training, I have a renewed purpose in my life, and coaching skills to offer service to those over-worked, under-valued and under-acknowledged physicians.

Helped me to identify the common struggles and stressors that physicians encounter most in a career

I knew that I wanted to be of service to other physicians who were going through the same transitions I experienced in my career. I wasn’t sure about how to best serve those who were most like me, and I feel that the PCI program helped me to identify the common struggles and stressors that professionals tend to encounter most in a career.
After completing the program, I can tailor my coaching pathways for self-determined goals and outcomes that are desired by the physician client. Clients tend to see an improvement in both their professional careers and personal lives with coaching interventions. With much internal reflection about myself as a physician during the program, I learned so many things about why coaching should be a fundamental tool used in the infancy of a career to improve the life of every physician.

A tremendously enriching experience that has enhanced my coaching skills

Before the Physician Coaching Institute (PCI) training, I had done professional physician coaching, mentoring, patient centered communications training, and wellness coaching with colleagues and healthcare teams. As satisfying as this was, I wanted to be more in demand, professionally engaged, and have more clients.  Taking the PCI course was a gift to myself and a catalyst to transformational change that empowered me to move forward to achieve my goals.  The PCI training has been a tremendously enriching experience that has enhanced my coaching skills.  Dr. Gaillour and Amorah Ross are effective teachers who provided enlightening insights into the essence of the coaching relationship and effective tools to better serve my coaching clients in achieving their goals.  My clients are benefiting from my focused clarity of purpose.   As courage and enhanced competency triumphed over fear and procrastination, I developed a website to help present and market my coaching practice and expanded my networking with colleagues about my interests and availability.

Department burnout scores were lower than previous year

We found out …. that the department Burnout Scores were 46% lower (raw data) than they had been last year.
The Medical Director credits the Department Coaching as one of the main reasons for the decrease in the burnout scores!!!
She said she has seen behavioral changes and also because many of the staff cited the Coaching Program as the reason that they were less burned out!! Thanks for all your great teaching and coaching. And thanks for your extra effort during the initial outbreak of COVID.

I’m delighted at the value I’m receiving

After each class, I’m delighted at the value I’m receiving. Francine is very knowledgeable and full of ideas that she shares with us to help us be more successful. I highly recommend the Physician Coaching Institute.

Now able to expand my career as a Physician Coach

Before I enrolled in the Physician Coaching Institute, I had a desire to be of service, but lacked the confidence and knowledge about coaching in health care organizations.

After completing the PCI training program, I am now able to expand my career as a consultant Nephrologist and a Physician Coach, and have delivered Personal growth coaching series programs to physicians and other medical staff.