Lifelong Learn. 2015, 5, 73-90
Analysis of Adult Educational Opportunities in Wellness as a Starting Point for Building a Scientific Platform of the Wellness Discipline in the Czech Republic
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the current development of newly forming Wellness programme, particularly with regard to the experience evaluated in the field of education of the specialists working in this field. The starting point is the analysis of needs and competencies of wellness specialists followed by the analysis of many years of experience in adult education in the field of wellness on the level of retraining and lifelong learning courses, higher vocational education, bachelor's degree and subsequently analysis of the experience of two-year Wellness specialist Master's degree programme. With an emphasis on the quality of specialized education is related also improvement of professional environment and building specialized platforms for newly developing field, in which the network of experts is gradually expanding, new literature for professionals has been created, scientific and professional societies, scientific journals and also interest in scientific research in wellness disciplines has increased. Collaboration of science and research in the field of wellness in the context of possibilities to educate professionals at various professional levels is the basis for young profiling scientific discipline related to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, prevention of burnout syndrome in many professions and promoting overall physical and mental health, which the National Health Strategy 2020 is appealing to.
