ECHO Care of the Elderly: Innovative Learning to Build Capacity in Long-term Care
| Autor: | Sid Feldman, Raquel M. Meyer, Anna Theresa Santiago, James Chau, Lisa Guttman Sokoloff, Shaen Gingrich, Cindy Grief, Andrea Moser, Navena R. Lingum, Devin J. Sodums, David K. Conn, Salma Shaikh, Rosalind Sham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
020205 medical informatics Isolation (health care) Echo (communications protocol) Specialty 02 engineering and technology Session (web analytics) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Original Research Geriatrics education geriatrics business.industry capacity building Capacity building Long-term care long-term care Geriatrics and Gerontology business Gerontology |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Geriatrics Journal |
| ISSN: | 1925-8348 |
| Popis: | Background Older adults are entering long-term care (LTC) homes with more complex care needs than in previous decades, resulting in demands on point-of-care staff to provide additional and specialty services. This study evaluated whether Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Care of the Elderly Long-Term Care (COE-LTC)—a case-based online education program—is an effective capacity-building program among interprofessional health-care teams caring for LTC residents. Methods A mixed-method, pre-and-post study comprised of satisfaction, knowledge, and self-efficacy surveys and exploration of experience via semi-structured interviews. Participants were interprofessional health-care providers from LTC homes across Ontario. Results From January–March 2019, 69 providers, nurses/nurse practitioners (42.0%), administrators (26.1%), physicians (24.6%), and allied health professionals (7.3%) participated in 10 weekly, 60-minute online sessions. Overall, weekly session and post-ECHO satisfaction were high across all domains. Both knowledge scores and self-efficacy ratings increased post-ECHO, 3.9% (p = .02) and 9.7 points (p < .001), respectively. Interview findings highlighted participants’ appreciation of access to specialists, recognition of educational needs specific to LTC, and reduction of professional isolation. Conclusion We demonstrated that ECHO COE-LTC can be a successful capacity-building educational model for interprofessional health-care providers in LTC, and may alleviate pressures on the health system in delivering care for residents. |
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