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Bakken Center Director of Education Dr. Megan Voss is leading the revolution at the intersection of education and healthcare.

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A new Bakken Center course leads students into an exploration of mortality and wellbeing at the end of life.

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A Course of Self-Discovery

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These Health Coaching students are poised to transform healthcare and patient wellbeing.

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Today, social media functions as a sort of virtual Swiss Army knife—a tool with many purposes adapted to society’s needs.

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Meet a Few of the Bakken Center's New Health Coaching Students

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Jenzi Silverman, MA, PhD, Teaches How Music Heals.

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Embodiment- it’s a word that gets used a lot these days But what does it mean and how
do you ‘get it’?

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As the health care landscape undergoes rapid changes, primary care is no exception to the trend. The future of health care is an exciting blend of traditional primary care and health coaching, a dynamic duo poised to make a lasting impact on patient wellbeing.

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Reimagine medicine through integrative health. That’s the powerful — and daunting — mission that the University of California-Irvine (UCI) set for itself a half-decade ago.