Providing support to providers who care for older adults by creating a network of colleagues in the Rocky Mountain region with ease of access to a geriatric specialist care team.

PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS ARE AVAILABLE

Participation is free, students are welcome!

Through the UW ECHO in Geriatrics, sponsored by the Wyoming Center on Aging and the Montana Geriatric Education Center, healthcare professionals throughout the region have the opportunity to receive best-practice recommendations for consideration in management of older adults. You are invited to present challenging cases for discussion and feedback to a network of colleagues as well as a specialist care team. Each ECHO network will also feature a brief community discussion on a variety of important topics related to geriatrics.

Project ECHO is a virtual model for lifelong medical learning and collaborative practice that links frontline healthcare providers with specialist care teams to manage patients who have chronic conditions requiring complex care.

Learning Objectives:  Develop a network of geriatric care practitioners.  Create hubs of geriatric expertise in the Rocky Mountain Region.  Implement best practices for geriatric patients.  Identify strategies to assess and address the 4Ms (What Matters, Mentation, Mobility, Medication) of geriatric healthcare.

To join this community of practice contact:  wycoa@uwyo.edu | (307) 766-2829

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Our Specialist Care team:

Emma Bjore, MD. Geriatrician, Ivinson Medical Group, Ivinson Medical Group: Laramie, WY

Tonja Woods, PharmD, BCGP. Geriatric Pharmacist, UW Clinical Associate Professor: Laramie, WY

Jenece Jacobs-Sharkey, LCSW.  Social Worker, Providence Medical Group: Missoula, MT

Mary Kerber, MD. Neurologist, Cheyenne Medical Specialists: Cheyenne, WY

Maya Pignatore, PhD.  Psychologist, Omaha VAMC: Omaha, NE

Parnika Saxena, MD.  Geriatric Psychiatry: Stanford, CA

Paige Hector, LMSW.  Gerontologist: Arizona

AND YOU! 

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Network Details:

Thursdays 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm MT
A biweekly case conference plus educational presentation

UW ECHO in Geriatrics Format:
12:00pm-12:05pm: Introductions & Welcome
12:05pm-12:30pm: 25-minute Community Discussion
12:30pm-12:55pm: 25-minute Case Presentation
12:55pm-1:00pm: Closing & Evaluations

2024 Community Discussion Topics

February - June: "Primary Care Geriatrics – Expanding Our Toolbox."

• Feb 8th: Meaningful Use of Data to Inform Care

• Feb 22nd: Supporting Dementia Caregivers through Education and Referral

• March 7th: Minimizing Risk of Opioid Misuse  *Opioid CME Approved

• March 21st: Advance Care Planning

• April 4th: Screening for Fall Risk

• April 18th: Addressing the Risk of Falls

• May 2nd: High-Risk Medications in the Elderly

• May 16th: Optimizing Diabetes Management with Older Adults

• May 30th: Optimizing Hypertension Management with Older Adults

• June 13th: Avoiding Rehospitalization through Care Coordination

More coming in 2024!

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*Previous sessions available for viewing.  Contact WyCOA to view previous presentations and recordings via iECHO (our web-based partner relations management tool).  Please allow 2 weeks after each session to review.   

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Free Case Consultation!

• Would you and your team like case consultation on a challenging case?

• Do you have limited access to geriatric specialists in your area?

We welcome your presentation of cases for consultation at our upcoming networks!

Benefits of presenting a case: Free case consultation from geriatric experts in their field including sharing of resources including evidence based practice strategies to assist you in your routine practice, increased geriatric knowledge and outcomes, connecting to the geriatric care community of practice by learning and sharing similar challenges, Continuing Education credits, and networking with other geriatric care professionals.

*PLEASE NOTE that Project ECHO® case consultations do not create or otherwise establish a provider-case relationship between any UW ECHO in Geriatrics clinician and any person whose case is being presented in a Project ECHO® setting. 

Quotes from participating spokes:

• “The case consultation process was very valuable in helping us get the opinions from those outside our immediate organization. The process itself helped us gather all the pertinent info for this resident and take a better look at the big picture for her!”

• Thank you so much! It was very helpful and we love the recommendations. Appreciate the support and the UW ECHO in Geriatrics Team!"

• "It was wonderful to hear about a case that so many of us can relate to and process it with other professionals.  I learned about new resources possibly available/available to set up."

• Student experience: "I am a first year physical therapy student at the University of Montana. I have attended a couple of your zoom seminars with UW ECHO in Geriatrics. I wanted to thank you for the opportunity to sit in on these meetings. They are inspiring and have really been teaching me about interprofessional communication as well as giving me an insight into the depth of thought and focus into each individual scenario."

Download the Case Presentation Form and submit your case today!

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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of University of Wyoming and Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is accredited by the Colorado Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  Cheyenne Regional Medical Center designates this presentation for a maximum of (20.0) AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit that commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded upon attendance at the entire activity and completion/submission of an evaluation.  This activity is approved for 10.0 Nursing Contact Hour.  Cheyenne Regional Medical Center is an approved provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Colorado Nurses Association, an accredited approver with by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

WyCOA can provide a Certificate of Completion to all other disciplines.

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To join this community of practice contact:  wycoa@uwyo.edu | (307) 766-2829