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Wyoming Institute for Disabilities

Dept. 4298; 1000 E. University Ave.

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-2761

Toll Free: (888) 989-9463

TeleType: (800) 908-7011

Fax: (307) 766-2763

Email: projectecho@uwyo.edu






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Integrative Care: Primary Care and Mental Health

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The Integrative Care network is an online professional learning community designed to increase the knowledge and implementation of integrative care involving primary and mental health care across Wyoming.

Integrative care is the care a patient experiences as a result of a team of primary care and behavioral health clinicians, working together with patients and families, using a systematic and cost-effective approach to provide patient-centered care for a defined population. This care may address mental health and substance abuse conditions, health behaviors (including their contribution to chronic medical illnesses), life stressors and crises, stress-related physical symptoms, and ineffective patterns of health care utilization.

Network participants include physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, counselors and others involved in primary care and mental health services.

UW ECHO in Integrative Care is a collaboration with the University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, with funding by a generous grant from the McMurry Foundation.


Sessions

Sessions are on Tuesdays, bi-weekly, 12:00 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. MT via Zoom video conferencing technology.


Fall 2023 Session Topics

Register for the Fall 2023 Integrative Care Series

Starting this fall 2023, most ECHO sessions will be held on the new iECHO content management platform. (Geriatrics and ECHO for Families/Familias will not be on the new iECHO.) There are a few new procedures. Registering for and joining sessions now require an iECHO account. You'll be prompted to create your account when you register the first time. Sessions will still occur via Zoom, but you will access the Zoom link through the iECHO platform.

The iECHO platform will allow you to:

  • Directly connect to Zoom to join a session

  • Access all session materials (also available in the Canvas course)

  • Register once for all sessions during the semester

A short training video is available on how to register in iECHO.

Zoom also provides access for users with physical disabilities, blindness, and low vision through a range of keyboard shortcuts.

Add the Fall 2023 Series to Your Calendar

 

September 12: Epidemiology and Latest Trends of Substance Use Among Wyoming Adults

This session will focus on current data and trends on substance use among adults in Wyoming. Discussion will include sources of substance use data and their limitations, current substance use health indicators, and trends and emerging issues in substance use prevention.

Presenter: Melissa Taylor, MPH, Wyoming Department of Health (Presenter Bios

 

September 26: Implementation and Integration of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) in Primary Care Practice

This session will focus on how Wyoming providers have integrated medication-assisted treatment into primary care. Discussion will include recognizing common barriers among providers and staff in implementing MAT, explaining the steps to implement a MAT program in primary care, and discussing how MAT supports recovery. 

Presenter: Dr. Beth Robitaille, MD, University of Wyoming-Casper, Family Medicine Residency Program Medical Director (Presenter Bios

 

October 10: Ear Acupuncture in Integrative Health

This session will focus on Ear Acupuncture in Integrative Health. Ear acupuncture is a tool created out of necessity to find a new way to heal addiction. Since its development in the 1970s, this treatment has become a trusted companion to talk therapy, drug and alcohol treatment, and community-based trauma response worldwide. This nonverbal group intervention is person-centered and can be incorporated in diverse settings to promote a multi-disciplinary approach to healing and recovery.

Presenter: Sara Bursać, LCSW, Provider at CorreHealth, BetterHelp, Wyoming Free Stress Relief Clinics Board President (Presenter Bios

 

October 24: Substance Use Destigmatization, Language, and Cultural Humility

This session will focus on how to engage in a culturally humble approach when working with individuals experiencing substance use. Discussion will include strategies to destigmatize substance use, language to use and avoid, how social determinants of health impact substance use and society's view of substance use, and what it means to approach patients with cultural humility.

Presenter: Dr. Del Real, MD, University of Wyoming-Casper, Family Medicine Residency Program, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Specialty

 

November 7: Substance Use Assessments

This session will focus on various assessments utilized for substance use. Discussion will include how to administer the assessments, when to administer them, who can administer them, and what diagnostic information can be gleaned from them.

Presenter: Dr. Del Real, MD, University of Wyoming-Casper, Family Medicine Residency Program, Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine Specialty

 

November 28: Substance Use Screening & Next Steps

This session will focus on various screening tools used for substance use. Discussion will include how to use the tools, when to use them, and what steps to take after a positive screening.

Presenter: Samantha Reed, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Albany County Community Health Clinic

December 12: Navigating Integrative Care Teams for Substance Use Treatment

This session will focus on how to serve Wyoming patients using substances within an integrative care approach. Discussion will include what Albany County Community Clinic has learned about implementing an integrated clinic, what administrative and clinical strategies are essential to an effective integrated team, and how to best support patients experiencing substance use using an integrative care model.

Presenters:

Samantha Reed, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Albany County Community Health Clinic;

J'Laine Proctor FNP, PMHNP, DNP, UW School of Nursing, Albany Community Health Clinic;

Sarah Green, MSW, PCSW, UW Division of Social Work

 


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Contact Us

UW Project ECHO

Wyoming Institute for Disabilities

Dept. 4298; 1000 E. University Ave.

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: (307) 766-2761

Toll Free: (888) 989-9463

TeleType: (800) 908-7011

Fax: (307) 766-2763

Email: projectecho@uwyo.edu






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