Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers
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Title
Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers
Subject
Project ECHO
Telementoring
Emergency care
Telementoring
Emergency care
Description
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to global disruptions in emergency medicine (EM) teaching and training and
highlighted the need to strengthen virtual learning platforms. This disruption coincides with essential efforts to
scale up training of the emergency healthcare workforce, particularly in low-resource settings where the specialty
is not well developed. Thus, there is growing interest in strengthening virtual platforms that can be used to
support emergency medicine educational initiatives globally. These platforms must be robust, context specific and
sustainable in low-resource environments. This report describes the implementation of Project ECHO (Extension
for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a telementoring platform originally designed to extend specialist support
to health care workers in rural and underserved areas in New Mexico. This platform has now been implemented
successfully across the globe. We describe the challenges and benefits of the Project ECHO model to support a
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training program for health care providers in Kenya who do not have specialty
training in emergency medicine. Our experience using this platform suggests it is amenable to capacity building
for non-specialist emergency care providers in low-resource settings, but key challenges to implementation exist.
These include unreliable and costly internet access and lack of institutional buy-in.
highlighted the need to strengthen virtual learning platforms. This disruption coincides with essential efforts to
scale up training of the emergency healthcare workforce, particularly in low-resource settings where the specialty
is not well developed. Thus, there is growing interest in strengthening virtual platforms that can be used to
support emergency medicine educational initiatives globally. These platforms must be robust, context specific and
sustainable in low-resource environments. This report describes the implementation of Project ECHO (Extension
for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a telementoring platform originally designed to extend specialist support
to health care workers in rural and underserved areas in New Mexico. This platform has now been implemented
successfully across the globe. We describe the challenges and benefits of the Project ECHO model to support a
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training program for health care providers in Kenya who do not have specialty
training in emergency medicine. Our experience using this platform suggests it is amenable to capacity building
for non-specialist emergency care providers in low-resource settings, but key challenges to implementation exist.
These include unreliable and costly internet access and lack of institutional buy-in.
Creator
Grace Wanjiku , Lindsay Dreizler , Gregory Bell , Benjamin Wachira
Source
www.elsevier.com/locate/afjem
Date
24 July 2022
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Grace Wanjiku , Lindsay Dreizler , Gregory Bell , Benjamin Wachira , “Jurnal Internasional Afrika vol.12 issue 4 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2104.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Feasibility of project ECHO telementoring to build capacity among non-specialist emergency care providers,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed November 21, 2024, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/2104.