About This Course

What do you need to know before designing and implementing a telementoring program in the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO®) model? This course will overview audience considerations, staffing, roles and required trainings for launching an ECHO.

Who Should Enroll

This course is for anyone who has identified a care gap in a rural community that could be closed through a telementoring model that aims to increase knowledge and share best practices among a community-based workforce. If you want to learn more on how to design and launch an ECHO for rural health care workers, this course is for you.

Objectives

By the end of this course the learner will be able to:

• Describe the ECHO model  
• Explain how the ECHO model of telementoring can improve community health
• Determine next steps needed to plan an ECHO
• Identify roles needed to support an ECHO
• List trainings (immersion) needed for launching an ECHO

Topics

This course will cover:

• The ECHO model
• Considerations before starting
• Audience needs
• Staffing and roles
• Required training

If you have questions, please reach out to us at: RTTCinfo@uthscsa.edu