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Developing An Interprofessional Community Psychiatry Rotation Using An Assertive Community Treatment Team Model: A Preliminary Evaluation, Ruth Frydman
Journal of Maine Medical Center
Introduction: There is a shortage of psychiatric providers trained to work in community settings with people with serious mental illness (SMI) and associated comorbidities. We designed an innovative psychiatry rotation and curriculum for psychiatry residents and other learners.
Methods: The rotation incorporates working with our Assertive Community Treatment team and includes home visits, assertive outreach, and visits in other community settings. It was designed to improve learners’ confidence in their understanding and skill set for working with and treating people with SMI in the community on an interprofessional (IP) team. This pilot quality improvement project evaluated psychiatry resident responses to …
Rationale And Design Of An Endocrinology Education Program For Primary Care In Maine: Initiation Of Mainehealth Endo Echo Maine, Irwin Brodsky, Joan Ingram, Stacy O'Brien, Tho Ngo, Charles T. Winchell
Rationale And Design Of An Endocrinology Education Program For Primary Care In Maine: Initiation Of Mainehealth Endo Echo Maine, Irwin Brodsky, Joan Ingram, Stacy O'Brien, Tho Ngo, Charles T. Winchell
Journal of Maine Medical Center
Introduction: Population health and quality of care initiatives for the management of common endocrine disorders often include algorithmic and protocol-driven workflows in primary care practices. Endo ECHO is a division of Project ECHO at University of New Mexico that engages primary care clinicians in didactic presentations and case discussions to augment conceptual (experiential, nuanced) rather than algorithmic (rote) learning.
Research Design and Methods: MaineHealth Endo ECHO was designed using the Project ECHO model. Project ECHO® is an interactive learning opportunity that uses video conferencing to connect specialty and primary care to share best practices for delivering care. Using …