Healthy Kids Project ECHO series - session 2

Posted Thursday 14 November 2024 | Health and Wellbeing Queensland

This five-part free series, from Thursday 23 May to 20 June 2024, aims to deliver health professionals the knowledge and tools to increase their skills and confidence in raising the topic of weight with children and their families. It also provides resources and effective ways to support children and families to build better health and lifestyle habits together.    

Medical considerations for assessing and supporting children with higher weights.

• Improve confidence to complete medical assessments that consider weight complications.
• Improve confidence in communicating and interpreting childhood growth with empathy.
• Understand and interpret basic clinical tests that should be considered for children living with overweight or obesity.

What is Project ECHO® and how does it work? 
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an interactive knowledge sharing model, with a focus on peer-to-peer learning, collaborative problem solving and teaching.  Via an online platform ECHO® opens the channels for participants in rural and remote locations to evidence-based learnings and knowledge from a panel of topic experts and multi-disciplinary peers.   

Each week participants log in to a Zoom session which consists of a short presentation from a panel expert, with a question time.  A case is then presented by a participant followed by an interactive discussion led by the panel facilitator.

To download the flyer, click here.