TY - JOUR
T1 - Project ECHO Cancer Initiative
T2 - a Tool to Improve Care and Increase Capacity Along the Continuum of Cancer Care
AU - Varon, Melissa Lopez
AU - Baker, Ellen
AU - Byers, Emily
AU - Cirolia, Lucca
AU - Bogler, Oliver
AU - Bouchonville, Matthew
AU - Schmeler, Kathleen
AU - Hariprasad, Roopa
AU - Pramesh, C. S.
AU - Arora, Sanjeev
N1 - Funding Information:
With funding from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma Moon Shots Program, this ECHO program encourages HCPs to perform skin cancer examinations as part of routine visits to detect early melanoma []. This program supports the “triage and refer” level of proficiency, with the addition of “diagnose and manage” to support selection and performance of appropriate diagnostic biopsy procedures, interpretation of pathology reports, and development of appropriate care plans. This program is delivered in partnership with the Department of Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, TX.
Funding Information:
A 2019 President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) grant funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supports this ECHO program for increasing workforce capacity to perform cervical cancer screenings and treat patients who have pre-invasive cervical disease. This Portuguese-language ECHO consists of a hybrid training model of in-country workshops followed by monthly ECHO telementoring sessions geared at sustaining expanding and amplifying knowledge and skills acquired during the training workshops [21, 58].
Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the help of Mary Eiken and Susan Ralph of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society in the preparation of this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, American Association for Cancer Education.
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - Solving health problems requires not only the development of new medical knowledge but also its dissemination, particularly to underserved communities. The barriers to effective dissemination also contribute to the disparities in cancer care experienced most everywhere. This concern is particularly acute in low and middle-income countries which already bear a disproportionate burden of cancer, a situation that is projected to worsen. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a knowledge dissemination platform that can increase workforce capacity across many fields, including cancer care by scaling best practices. Here we describe how Project ECHO works and illustrate this with existing programs that span the cancer care continuum and the globe. The examples provided combined with the explanation of how to build effective Project ECHO communities provide an accessible guide on how this education strategy can be integrated into existing work to help respond to the challenge of cancer.
AB - Solving health problems requires not only the development of new medical knowledge but also its dissemination, particularly to underserved communities. The barriers to effective dissemination also contribute to the disparities in cancer care experienced most everywhere. This concern is particularly acute in low and middle-income countries which already bear a disproportionate burden of cancer, a situation that is projected to worsen. Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a knowledge dissemination platform that can increase workforce capacity across many fields, including cancer care by scaling best practices. Here we describe how Project ECHO works and illustrate this with existing programs that span the cancer care continuum and the globe. The examples provided combined with the explanation of how to build effective Project ECHO communities provide an accessible guide on how this education strategy can be integrated into existing work to help respond to the challenge of cancer.
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U2 - 10.1007/s13187-021-02031-0
DO - 10.1007/s13187-021-02031-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 34292501
AN - SCOPUS:85111107073
SN - 0885-8195
VL - 36
SP - 25
EP - 38
JO - Journal of Cancer Education
JF - Journal of Cancer Education
ER -