Project ECHO is a guided practice model that increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. Project ECHO links expert interdisciplinary teams with healthcare providers in local communities. These healthcare providers become part of a learning community where they receive mentoring and feedback from expert interdisciplinary teams. Together, they learn and share with the goal of enhancing care to patients locally.

ECHO Sessions promote learning and collaboration, often with a focus on improving healthcare outcomes and working to prioritize underserved populations through:

• Inclusive and culturally safe content - ECHO encourages the incorporation of culturally safe and trauma informed materials and perspectives in each session.
   
• Collaborative learning - ECHO sessions foster a sense of equity, respect and shared responsibility for understanding reconciliation and foundational commitments such as upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples and community healing.
   
• Knowledgeable facilitators - ECHO sessions may include facilitators who are allies in cultural safety and Indigenous health. These facilitators help to guide conversations and offer insights into foundational commitments including the rights of Indigenous children to be healthy and well, and to be raised with their families and in communities with culture, traditions, and teachings.

All ECHO participants have access to knowledge development resources on the RIPPL Platform including continuing educational opportunities, personal competency assessment, and development of individualized learning plans.

There is no cost for attending any ECHO session.

Any healthcare provider in British Columbia and the Yukon caring for children and youth.

Each session includes:

• Didactic lecture presentation given by either a member of the interdisciplinary hub team or a subject matter expert
   
• A de-identified patient case presented by a healthcare provider
   
• Facilitated discussion about the case with recommendations provided by the specialist team and session participants

ECHO sessions are held monthly and last 60 minutes. Facilitators, subject matter experts, and case presenters should also attend a pre-session preparation huddle, and a post-session debrief, with the time commitment for these activities varying as needed.

Select the “register now” button on the ECHO series you are interested in and follow the instructions.

ECHO Sessions use Zoom Technology as our videoconferencing program. It is user-friendly, requires minimal set-up, and has no administrator privileges to download. You can connect through PC, Mac, iOS, Tablet or Android devices with a webcam, microphone and a stable internet connection.

Contact us if you have any questions or require additional support. For example, if you would like to do a test run prior to your first session.

All hub members and learning partners are encouraged to ask questions and share their unique experiences and insights.

The hub team is an interdisciplinary group with pediatric expertise in the ECHO subject. The hub team supports case discussions, creates case recommendations, and contributes to the development of the ECHO series curriculum.

Contact us at ripplivecases@phsa.ca