Evaluating the impact of a national geriatric mental health ECHO educational program on healthcare providers' practice.
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- Academic Journal
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- Adams MS; Baycrest Academy for Research & Education, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Sokoloff LG; Baycrest Academy for Research & Education, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Checkland C; Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health, Markham, ON, Canada.; Sodums DJ; Baycrest Academy for Research & Education, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Santiago AT; Baycrest Academy for Research & Education, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Feldman S; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Seitz D; Department of Psychiatry and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Ewa V; Department of Family Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.; Grief C; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Mackay I; Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.; Conn DK; Baycrest Academy for Research & Education, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.; Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Baycrest, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8101294 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1545-3847 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02701960 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Gerontol Geriatr Educ Subsets: MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) enables healthcare providers to share knowledge and best practices via telementoring. The ECHO model builds provider capacity and improves care for patients with a variety of health conditions. This study describes a Canada-wide National ECHO pilot project in the area of geriatric mental health and reports on the program's impact on providers' care practices. A mixed-methods approach was used to analyze surveys completed by participating healthcare providers. Program evaluation measured satisfaction, achievement of learning objectives, awareness of issues related to geriatric mental health, and comfort and self-efficacy working with older adults. The program led to a statistically significant increase in participants' awareness of issues related to support for older adults with mental illness and comfort and self-efficacy in managing these patients in their own practice. The National ECHO pilot project was successful in building healthcare providers' capacity to care for older adults with mental health issues and positively impacting their practice. These findings support using the ECHO model to provide ongoing geriatric mental health education for clinicians from across Canada and beyond.