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Non-adherence with treatment and inability to engage in positive behavior change result in adverse effects on patients with chronic pulmonary disease, with reduced health-related quality of life and increased risks for morbidity and mortality. Provider-specific skills related to education and motivation for positive behavior change, with development of patient-specific skills such as self-management are important in the day-to-day care of patients with chronic respiratory disease. This full-day post graduate course will explore specific techniques to enhance the provider-patient interaction to influence positive behavior change and improved treatment outcomes. Speakers will provide concrete strategies of motivational interviewing, action plan setting, health coaching, and designing patient educational activities through cased-based experiential learning, supporting participants to apply the theory to common clinical situations in every-day practice. The expertise of an international panel of junior and senior speakers has been included, and the course aims to address learning needs of a wide range of providers in medicine, nursing and allied health.