This dynamic course, Mentoring with a Coach Approach, will equip you with innovative tools, resilience-building strategies, and a coaching mindset to transform mentoring relationships and inspire personal and professional growth.
2 Day Intensive:
September 25, 2026 from 5PM-8PM EST. Content is sessions 1-2
September 26, 2026 from 10AM-5PM EST. Content is sessions 3-5
This event is CE Eligible
Dr. Darilyn Falck is passionate about coaching and mentoring medical trainees and early career healthcare professionals. She is an ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Coach Trainer, and faculty for the Mentoring with a Coach Approach program with CMDA Coaching. A graduate of Eastern Virginia Medical School, she completed her emergency medicine residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center and went on to practice clinical emergency medicine for twenty years. She currently practices telemedicine urgent care and provides professional coaching.
Dr. Falck has held numerous leadership roles in medicine, academia, and within CMDA. Her leadership experience includes serving as Chair of both her hospital’s Emergency Department and Bioethics Committee, and as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs while on medical school faculty. Over the past thirty years, she has led and served in various capacities within CMDA and most recently served on the Board of Trustees. Dr. Falck completed Western Seminary’s Advanced Certified Transformational Coach Program and integrates her clinical, academic, and coaching experience to help clients navigate transitions with confidence, clarify their values and strengths, and walk in their unique calling.
Ken Jones, PCC is a Physician Life Development Coach, coaching trainer, co-developer and trainer for Mentoring with a Coach Approach with CMDA Coaching, and ordained pastor. He holds a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential with the International Coaching Federation and has over 20 years of experience coaching and training healthcare professionals. In addition to teaching, writing and developing courses on coaching for CMDA, he produces a weekly radio segment, Classic State of Mind, which is heard on radio stations across the country every week. He has also written and co-teaches a course for physicians on Mentoring with a Coach Approach utilizing a framework study guide companion for his latest of five books, If I Should Die Before I Live.
Session 1
Topic Title: Mentoring with a Coach Approach: Session 1 – Unlocking the Coaching Mindset to Transform the Mentoring Relationship
Abstract: Mentoring and coaching are distinct disciplines, yet often commingled in their application. This session will clarify definitions and distinctives and provide an overview of the mentoring process, coaching mindset, and present a novel framework to facilitate mentoring relationships.
Objectives: -Define and differentiate terminology used in mentoring and coaching. -Assess the traditional mentoring process. -Describe the coaching mindset.
Session 2
Topic Title: Mentoring with a Coach Approach: Session 2 – Charting Your Path: Setting SMARTER Goals, Navigating Expectations, Understanding Control, and Building Resilience
Abstract: Passion and perseverance are required to complete the rigors of medical training. The arduous journey is lined with aspirations, goals, successes, transitions, and disappointments. Resilience is needed when facing both normal challenges and unwelcomed obstacles. This session prompts reflection on goals, aspirations, successes, transitions, and disappointments.
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Session 3
Topic Title: Mentoring with a Coach Approach: Session 3 – Exploring Strengths, Core Values, Habits, Character Development, and Personal Storytelling
Abstract: Socrates is attributed with this quote: “an unexamined life is not worth living”. Medical professionals lead busy lives leaving little to no time for reflection. Beliefs and core values greatly influence our life choices, habits, and behaviors. This session explores the relationship between character development, belief systems, core values and habits.
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Session 4
Topic Title: Mentoring with a Coach Approach: Session 4 – Thriving Over Burnout: Strategies for Managing Anxiety and Cultivating Healthy Thinking
Abstract: The hurried and pressured life of a healthcare professional compromises the capacity to pay attention to the present moment. The uncertainty of the future often prompts anxiety. Both factors contribute to burnout. This session focuses on mindfulness, the impact of anxiety, and healthy future thinking.
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Session 5
Topic Title: Mentoring with a Coach Approach: Session 5 – The Power of Purpose, Rest and Right Relationships
Abstract: It is beneficial to step away from work periodically, sometimes for longer periods of time, to gain perspective, nurture our souls, and refocus on what matters most. This session provides an opportunity to discuss the need for rest and refreshment, and to create a purpose statement that serves as a guide in decision-making.
Objectives:
Healthcare Professional Non-member: $700.00
Healthcare Professional CMDA Member (MD, DO, DDS, DMD): $600.00
Allied Health Member (PA, NCP, RN, PT): $400.00
Missionary: $400.00
Non-Medical Spouse: $400.00
Non-healthcare Professional: $400.00
Student/Resident Member: $250.00
CMDA Staff: $250.00
2 Day Intensive:
September 25, 2026 from 5PM-8PM EST. Content is sessions 1-2
September 26, 2026 from 10AM-5PM EST. Content is sessions 3-5
Continuing Education (CE) credit will be available for attendees of the Mentoring with a Coach Approach event. Participants may earn up to 10 hours of CE credit by attending the full event and completing all required evaluations and attendance requirements.
