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Depression is common in children and adolescents; however, identification and treatment can be complex. Our Depression ECHO provides an efficient way to learn and practice, supported by psychiatry and primary care provider peers. The goal is to improve the primary care provider’s comfort when managing treatment of depression and provide a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

Session Topics

• Scope of the problem: Algorithm and Referral Process
• Brave Depression - Practical tools / methods to treat depression with confidence. Suicide: Risk, Resilience, and Safety Planning (NSSI)
• Tools for Screening: CSSR and more
• Introduction to Non-Pharmacological Interventions
• Medication Matters (Part One): How they Help
• Medication Matters (Part Two): Complexities and Interactions
• Depression does not always need medication: Therapy Treatments: In the Office and beyond.
• Wrap Up with Q & A

Date/Time – TBD in 2021

Featured Faculty

Courtney M. Cinko, MD, is an assistant professor of Psychiatry. Dr Cinko is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. She is the medical director of the Partial Hospitalization Program and Training Director for the Triple Board Residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. 

Emily Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director of Psychiatry Pediatric Integration
Dr. Harris is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. She provides direct clinical care as a general pediatrician in primary care offices and as an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at the College Hill campus.

Jessica M. McClure, PsyD, is the clinical director of the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and Director of Mental Health Clinical Initiatives, Mind Brain Behavior Collaborative, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. McClure has published and presented extensively on cognitive-behavioral therapy with children and adolescents. (e.g., CBT Express: Effective 15-Minute Techniques for Treating Children and Adolescents, McClure, Friedberg, Thordarson, & Keller, 2019)

Accreditation

CME: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

For More Information or to Register - Coming Soon

If you need further information or have questions or concerns please contact the Center for Telehealth - Project ECHO team at C2C@cchmc.org or 513-803-8353.

Contact

513-803-8353 | c2c@cchmc.org

Hypertension in children and adolescents is a growing health problem. Hypertension ECHO provides an efficient way to learn what you need to know and practice how to do it. The goal is to improve the primary care provider’s comfort when managing treatment of hypertension and provide a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. This course will provide in-depth discussion of the 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines on management of blood pressure in children.

Session Topics

• 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines Part I
• 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines Part II
• Manual BP Measurement: From Neonate to Adult
• 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring
• Dietary Modification and Healthy Nutritional Guidelines
• Evaluation for Secondary Hypertension
• Initial Treatment in Children with Mild Hypertension
• Hypertensive Crisis: Causes and Management

Date / Time - TBD

Featured Faculty

Mark Mitsnefes, MD, is a pediatric nephrologist and co-director of multidisciplinary hypertension clinic at Cincinnati Children’s. He is an established clinical investigator with expertise in understanding the development of risk factor for cardiovascular disease in children with kidney disease.

Accreditation

CME: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for granting ABP MOC credit.

For More Information or to Register - TBD

Contact

513-803-8353 | c2c@cchmc.org

Seizures and Epilepsy: Everything the primary care provider needs to know.

Seizures & Epilepsy ECHO provides an efficient way to put learning about seizures and epilepsy into practice, supported by an epileptologist and collaborating with peers. The goal is to improve the primary care provider’s comfort when identifying and/or managing the treatment of epilepsy and provide a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. 

Session Topics

• Seizure rescue medications: when and what to prescribe?
• Commonly used AEDs: some DO’s and DON’Ts
• Diets for drug-resistant epilepsy: essential knowledge for a pediatrician
• Epilepsy is more than just seizures 1: psychological comorbidities
• Epilepsy is more than just seizures 2: social aspects
• Febrile seizures: all you ever wanted to know

Date/Time - TBD

Featured Faculty

Ravindra Arya, MD, DM, is a pediatric epileptologist involved in the care of children with epilepsy, particularly drug-resistant epilepsy. His clinic offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, approach to the evaluation and management of children with epilepsy.

Accreditation

CME: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

For More Information or to Register - TBD

If you need further information or have a question or concern please contact the Center for Telehealth – Project ECHO team at c2c@cchmc.org or 513-803-8358.

Contact

513-803-8353 | c2c@cchmc.org

There are over 100,000 children and adults living with sickle cell disease (SCD) in the US, yet most of these individuals have limited access to knowledgeable providers comfortable with managing the complex medical and psychosocial complications of SCD.

The goal of Sickle Treatment and Outcomes Research in the Midwest (STORM) TeleECHO is to empower primary care providers to develop the skills and knowledge to manage pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease using evidence-based best practices. The STORM TeleECHO presentation curriculum is based on the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s evidence-based guidelines for the management of SCD.

We are looking for pediatric and adult primary care providers to participate in STORM TeleECHO. Once registered, providers may participate in sessions of interest.

Session Topics Examples

• Hydroxyurea
• Pain management
• Transition
• Acute and chronic complications
• Bone marrow transplant
• Cultural competency and health equity
• Medication adherence

Date / Time

• Third Thursday of each month
• Time: Noon to 1 pm ET

Faculty

• Lisa Shook, MA, MCHES, Division of Hematology – Director of STORM TeleECHO
• Lori Crosby, PsyD, Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology – Co-Director of STORM TeleECHO

Accreditation

CME: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

CNE: This activity is approved for a maximum 1.0 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours.

For More Information or to Register

http://sickleecho.org/

Contact

513-636-7374 | storm@cchmc.org

Anxiety is common in children and adolescents presenting to pediatric primary care settings; however, identification and treatment can be complex. Our Anxiety ECHO provides an efficient and collaborative way to learn and practice. The learning is supported by a psychologist, psychiatrist, and primary care provider peers. The goal of ECHO is to improve primary care providers’ comfort with identification and management of treatment of anxiety in the primary care setting, while also providing a network of resources to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

Session Topics

• Scope of the problem: When do worries need intervention?
• Screening & Diagnosis within Pediatric Primary Care
• Brief, practical and effective non-pharmological interventions for use in the clinic
• Where to start? First Line Meds
• Deeper Dive: Coaching families in the use of basic anxiety management techniques
• Deeper Dive: Guiding families in accessing and using Cognitive and Behavioral Interventions
• Deeper Dive: Medication management for complex anxiety cases

Date/Time

The following sessions for Group One will run from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
The sessions for Group Two will run from 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM (Eastern Standard Time)

Group One (maximum capacity has been reached)

• June 11, 2020
• June 25, 2020
• July 9, 2020
• July 23, 2020
• August 13, 2020
• August 27, 2020
• September 10, 2020

Group Two

• July 1, 2020
• July 15, 2020
• August 5, 2020
• August 19, 2020
• September 2, 2020
• September 16, 2020
• September 30, 2020

Featured Faculty

Jessica M. McClure, PsyD, is the clinical director of the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and Director of Mental Health Clinical Initiatives, Mind Brain Behavior Collaborative, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. McClure has published and presented extensively on cognitive-behavioral therapy with children and adolescents. (e.g., CBT Express: Effective 15-Minute Techniques for Treating Children and Adolescents, McClure, Friedberg, Thordarson, & Keller, 2019)

Emily Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP, is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. She provides direct clinical care as a general pediatrician in primary care offices and as an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at the College Hill campus.

Accreditation

CME: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

For More Information or to Register

Please use the following link to register for the Anxiety ECHO cohort starting June 11, 2020.

https://cchmc.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?p=5&eid=33068

If you need further information, or to put your name on the list to be contacted when registration is open in May please contact the Center for Telehealth - Project ECHO team at c2c@cchmc.org or 513-803-8353.

Contact

513-803-8353 | c2c@cchmc.org

We will offer a graduate ECHO series for the past participants of the Depression and Anxiety cohorts. This will allow you to continue building knowledge with advanced educational didactics, bring any mental health cases (not just those pertaining to depression or anxiety) to be discussed and followed longitudinally with direct consultative support from psychiatrists and learn tools and obtain resources to manage the medical components of mental health care. This series will not require a commitment; participants may drop-in to any topic/session they choose. We anticipate this series will continue into 2021. Curriculum may be adjusted based on needs, and topics will be repeated periodically, but cases are new and unique to each session. This Graduate Series is offering an opportunity for participants to conduct quality improvement (QI) efforts in their practice. This QI initiative is voluntary and will require an additional time commitment outside of the ECHO sessions. Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 4 points may be available to physicians who participate in the QI effort.


Session Topics

• Active Monitoring and Promoting Mental Health
• Common meds that PCP starts and/or Psychiatry starts
• Managing Medication Safely – cross-tapering and adjusting/continuing
• Medical Monitoring with psychiatric medication complexity
• Communicating with families – Eliciting accurate responses from teens, 2 min techniques to teach relaxation, problem solving, MH education
• Sharing Care with specialists – when to consult, when to refer, communicating clearly
• Crisis management – Anticipatory guidance for protective factors to elements of planning for safety concerns
• Advanced Medication options

Date/Time

The following sessions will run from 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

• Sept 24, 2020
• Oct 6, 2020
• Oct 20, 2020
• Nov 3, 2020
• Nov 17, 2020
• Dec 1, 2020
• Dec 15, 2020
• Dec 29, 2020

Featured Faculty

Courtney M. Cinko, MD, is an assistant professor of Psychiatry. Dr Cinko is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. She is the medical director of the Partial Hospitalization Program and Training Director for the Triple Board Residency at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center. 

Emily Harris, MD, MPH, FAAP, Director of Psychiatry Pediatric Integration𠊍r. Harris is board certified in pediatrics, adult psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry. She provides direct clinical care as a general pediatrician in primary care offices and as an outpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center at the College Hill campus.

Jessica M. McClure, PsyD, is the clinical director of the Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and Director of Mental Health Clinical Initiatives, Mind Brain Behavior Collaborative, at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. McClure has published and presented extensively on cognitive-behavioral therapy with children and adolescents. (e.g., CBT Express: Effective 15-Minute Techniques for Treating Children and Adolescents, McClure, Friedberg, Thordarson, & Keller, 2019)

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.


CME: Cincinnati Children’s designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ per session. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE: This activity is approved for a maximum 1.25 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours per session. *Some sessions - This CE activity is designed for the additional hours required for APRNs with prescriptive authority in Ohio. *

APB MOC Part 2: Successful completion of this CME activity enables the participant to earn 1.25 MOC Part 2 points per session in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

For More Information or to Register

Please use the following link to register: Link coming soon.

If you need further information or have questions or concerns please contact the Center for Telehealth - Project ECHO team at C2C@cchmc.org or 513-803-8353.

Contact

C2C@cchmc.org | 513-803-8353.

Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) occurs when infants are born to women who used substances, including opioids, during pregnancy, resulting in medical and long-term developmental complications. Supporting Children of the OPioid Epidemic (SCOPE) ECHO provides an efficient way for participants to learn and practice, by offering support and guidance from interdisciplinary experts in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, medicine, nursing, speech-language pathology, etc. SCOPE ECHO also includes the voice of caregivers with lived experiences caring for young children who have experienced prenatal substance exposure and/or trauma exposure. The goal is to improve professionals’ comfort when working with young children and their caregivers at home, in childcare centers/preschools, and community settings. SCOPE ECHO target audience includes many professional groups including but not limited to early interventionists, childcare professionals, home visitors, peer support specialists, pediatricians, and any others who work with children birth to five years.

Session Topics

• Overview of the Opioid Crisis and Social Determinants of Health in America and Self-Reflective Practices
• Toxic Neurodevelopment and Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• Addiction and Treatment
• Difficult Conversations and Linking to Referrals
• Trauma-informed Practices for Young Children and Families
• Trauma, Substance Exposure and Language Development
• Trauma, Substance Exposure and Sensory Difficulties
• Models of Care/Systems-Level Issues

Date/Time

The following sessions will run from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time)

• August 7, 2020
• August 21, 2020
• September 4, 2020
• September 18, 2020
• October 2, 2020
• October 16, 2020
• October 30, 2020
• November 13, 2020

Featured Faculty

Steph Weber, PsyD, is an assistant professor of Clinical Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr Weber is a clinical psychologist and the Training Director of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program and University of Cincinnati Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities. She provides treatment to children with developmental concerns and behavior disorders in addition to teaching graduate trainees from a variety of disciplines.

Andrea Witwer, PhD is an associate professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University, the Director of Training and Community Outreach at the OSU Nisonger Center and the Associate Director of the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) program. She is the lead psychologist in the Nisonger diagnostic clinics and conducts research and training related to screening and surveillance of intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) an the co-occurrence of mental health concerns in those with IDD.

Kathy Wedig, MD, is an associate professor of Clinical Pediatrics at University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Wedig is a neonatologist who treats patients in neonatal intensive care and provides follow-up care for outpatients at high risk. She provides care at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, and she is the Medical Director of High-Risk Follow-up Clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital and Mercy Hospital Fairfield Nurseries.

Accreditation

Our team can offer certificates of participation upon request. Additionally, each session is available for 1.5 hours of Step Up to Quality credit through the Ohio Resource and Referral Association (OCCRRA). Credits through the Department of Developmental Disabilities will also be provided at the end of the series for participants who require credit of this type.

For More Information or to Register

Please use the following link to register for the SCOPE ECHO Sessions. https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07eh89oc66d39d0a5d&oseq=&c=&ch=

Visit our website to learn more: https://www.ucucedd.org/project-scope/

Contact

If you need further information or have questions or concerns please contact Dr. Steph Weber at stephanie.weber@cchmc.org or 513-803-3630 or Jessy Thomas at jessy.thomas@osumc.edu or 614-688-3214.