UMN - Guided Imagery
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Guided Imagery at Coursera Overview
Duration | 16 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Guided Imagery at Coursera Highlights
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got a tangible career benefit from this course. - Earn a shareable certificate upon completion.
- Flexible deadlines according to your schedule.
Guided Imagery at Coursera Course details
- In this course, you will learn how you can use imagery and imagery interventions to help with symptom management and healing, as well as to enhance overall health and wellbeing. You will experience a variety of imagery interventions and evaluate how they might be helpful in providing relief or enhancing quality of life. By the end of the course, you will know how to assess if guided imagery is appropriate in specific situations or with specific patients. You will be able to find and evaluate guided imagery scripts and recordings you might use. Most importantly, you will learn how to write and record effective guided imagery scripts of your own for specific needs at work or in your personal life.
- Continuing Education Credit
- This course has been designed to meet Minnesota Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for 14.5 contact hours and may be eligible for CE credit from other professional boards that allow self-documenting of continuing education activities. It is your responsibility to check with your regulatory board to confirm this course meets your local requirements and, if necessary, to provide them with the certificate of completion you get if you pay for and fulfill all the requirements of this course.
- This course is also approved by ICHWC (Health Coaching) for 14.5 continuing education units (CEP # 100057).
Guided Imagery at Coursera Curriculum
What Is Guided Imagery and Its Role in Health and Healthcare?
Introduction to the Course
What Is Guided Imagery?
Types of Guided Imagery
How Can You Use Guided Imagery?
Experience Guided Imagery
A Guided Imagery Script
Additional Resources
Guided Imagery Literature Review
Angie: A Case Study
References and Resources
Your Response to the Guided Imagery
Different Types of Imagery
Evaluate the Guided Imagery Script
Use the Literature Review
What Did You Learn in Week 1?
How Does Guided Imagery Work?
Harnessing Our Imagination
Stress, Imagination, and Relaxation
How to Elicit the Relaxation Response
Listen and Practice: Guided Imagery for Relaxation
What Is an Inner Advisor?
Listen and Practice: Your Inner Advisor
Worksheet: Notice Language and Imagery
Stress and Relaxation Responses
Activity: Connect with Your Inner Advisor
Week 2 References and Resources
Your Experience with the Guided Imagery Session
What Did You Learn in Week 2?
Using Guided Imagery Apps or Products
Consider the Evidence
Assessing Patients
See a Patient Assessment In Action
Finding Guided Imagery Recordings and Scripts
Evaluating Guided Imagery
Summary of the Research
Guided Imagery Literature Review
Sources for Guided Imagery Scripts and Recordings
Worksheet to Prepare for Quiz
Check Your Understanding of the Research Summary
Case Studies
Find and Evaluate a Guided Imagery Recording
Creating Your Own Imagery Intervention
The Role of Music
Music and Entrainment
How Does Music Influence Imagery?
Choosing Music
Writing Your Own Script
Imagery Without a Script
Listening Activity
Sample Script: Imagery for Pain
Sample Script: Imagery for Anxiety
Sample Script: Imagery for Sleep
Peer Review Project Overview
Entrainment Activity
Choose Your Music
Check Your Guided Imagery Script
Delivering Effective Imagery Interventions
Elements of Effective Guiding
Video Tips for Recording
Technology for Recording
Peer Review Project Overview
Practice Activity
Evaluating Your Intervention and Other Ways to Use Imagery
How to Evaluate If Your Guided Imagery Was Effective
The Wide World of Imagery
Call to Action
Evaluation Questions
Imagery for Performance
Virtual Reality for Healing
Evaluate Your Guided Imagery
What Did You Learn about Virtual Reality for Healing?
Guided Imagery at Coursera Admission Process
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