Professional development
A collection of professional development opportunities, including podcasts and training modules, empowering health professionals with knowledge and confidence to deliver effective preventive care.
Strengthening workforce capability in chronic disease preventive care
Health and Wellbeing Queensland is strengthening workforce capability to deliver chronic disease preventive care across the state. Our professional development opportunities are grounded in the latest evidence and designed to help health professionals confidently embed chronic disease prevention, early intervention, and management into routine care.
PODCAST SERIES
Clinician's Guide
Tune into the Clinician’s Guide podcast to hear from Queensland’s leading subject matter experts in our Healthy Kids, First 2000 Days and Women and Girls Health series. Each episode is designed to equip health professionals with valuable knowledge and expert insights, empowering you to work collaboratively with patients to build healthier habits together – one conversation at a time.
Weight stigma training
Health and Wellbeing Queensland has developed a suite of weight stigma training and resources to support health professionals integrate non-stigmatising health behaviour change conversations into routine care.
Supporting resources
COMING SOON
Training module
Understanding the Science and Reality of Obesity for Better Patient Care is a 15 minute weight stigma training module developed by The Obesity Collective and adapted by Health and Wellbeing Queensland. This training module, along with the suite of resources, provides health professionals with evidence-based knowledge about obesity, helping to reduce stigma experienced by people living in larger bodies and improve patient care.
Framework
BRAVE Framework
The BRAVE Framework is an evidence-based tool for health professionals to support having a brief intervention conversation. It aims to create a safe, trusted and empowering space for initiating sensitive conversations about growth, weight and health behaviours during routine consultations. The BRAVE Framework is not intended to be a prescriptive script that replaces clinical judgement; rather, the examples are designed as flexible, evidence-informed suggestions to assist in guiding conversations.
BRAVE Framework for adults
This tool assists with initiating sensitive conversations about weight and health behaviours with adults.
Building lasting behaviour change alongside obesity management medications (GLP-1 RAs)
Health and Wellbeing Queensland has developed training and educational resources designed to support health professionals caring for patients on obesity management medications, including GLP-1 RAs.
WEBINAR
Wednesday
4th November 2026
7am–8am
Registration includes receiving the webinar recording.
This free 1 hour webinar will bring together research, clinical practice and lived experience experts to discuss the important role health professionals play in supporting adults using obesity management medications. Through expert presentations and a panel discussion, participants will gain insights into managing risks and facilitating health behaviour change to optimise an individual’s health outcomes, including nutrition, physical activity, mental health and wellbeing.
Health professionals involved in supporting adults using obesity management medications, such as medical, nursing and allied health professionals, are encouraged to attend.
The panel
- Dr Terri-Lynne South, General Practitioner
- Dr Ben Kirk, Senior Research Fellow – Exercise Physiology
- Glenn Mackintosh, Psychologist
- Carrie-Anne Lewis, Senior Accredited Practising Dietitian, PhD
- Lived experience representative
COMING SOON
4-part ECHO Learning Series
This interactive, online Project ECHO® series will build the knowledge and skills of primary care health professionals to support adults using obesity management medications (including GLP-1 RAs) for optimal, sustained health outcomes. The 4-part series features short multidisciplinary presentations on behaviour change, including nutrition, physical activity, mental health and wellbeing with consideration of inclusive, stigma-free care. Sessions also include de-identified case presentations, facilitated discussion and opportunities for questions, supporting the development of practical skills for clinical practice.
The series is open to primary care health professionals, such as medical, nursing, and allied health. In the context of supporting health behaviour change alongside obesity management medications, the following topics will be covered.
Session 1
Health behaviour change with a weight stigma, inclusive lens
Session 2
Nutrition considerations and priorities
Session 3
Physical activity and movement considerations and priorities
Session 4
Mental health and wellbeing support
Register your interest to attend the ECHO Learning Series
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