VMAP Project ECHO
Pediatric Mental Health for Primary Care
The Virginia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) are leading year-long Project ECHOs on pediatric and adolescent mental and behavioral health.
We are now recruiting for 2023 VMAP ECHO cohorts!
VMAP ECHO 101 3rd Thursdays from 12 to 1 PM January to November 2023 | VMAP ECHO 101 4th Tuesdays from 12 to 1 PM January to November 2023 | Birth to Five: Deeper Dive 4th Thursdays from 12 to 1 PM January to November 2023 | Youth & Young Adult 4th Fridays from 12 to 1 PM January to November 2023 |
VIRTUAL
Connect with colleagues monthly
- 1 lunchtime per month
- library of resources
- build local connections
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Interdisciplinary local faculty team
- HUGE 75 credit CME package
- MOC-4 QI screening project
- practice + family resources
TARGETED
Case-based learning for primary care
Learn to Recognize, Respond, Refer for the top kids' behavioral + mental health diagnoses + discussion of timely topics chosen by the cohort
With an emphasis on screening and response in the primary care setting, VMAP ECHO 101 can help you integrate best practices in pediatric and adolescent behavioral and mental health care into your busy practice. Our “all teach, all learn” approach leads to strong community connections. Each topic equips PCPs to Recognize, Respond, Refer, and provide Resources to families.
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An 11-session case-based learning collaborative to address infant and early childhood mental health problems in primary care practices. With an emphasis on early recognition and response, an interdisciplinary faculty team will support primary care providers from across the Commonwealth in developing their knowledge of early childhood trauma and stress, anxiety, dysregulation and aggression, sleep and feeding problems.
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NEW FOR 2023! Focused VMAP ECHO designed for child-serving providers who care for kids into young adulthood - including pediatricians, family physicians, NPs, PAs. This 11-session case-based learning collaborative explores the 4 Rs - recognize, respond, refer, resources - of many of the top mental health topics faced by youth and young adults. With a primary care lens, this collaborative learning opportunity is led by an interdisciplinary faculty team.
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Project ECHO is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce gaps in care. The heart of the ECHO model™ is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community providers. In this way, primary care doctors, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities. VMAP is utilizing this model to improve access to mental health care for children across Virginia.
This program is approved as a Continuing Medical Education (CME) Maintenance of Certification Performance Improvement Project, which qualifies participants to receive up to the following credits: 25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™; 25 ABMS (Maintenance of Certification) MOC Part II or Self-Assessment credits*; 25 MOC Part IV or Performance Improvement credits*. In order to be awarded credits for participation, all project requirements must be met. The University of Virginia School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The UVA Office of Continuing Medical Education is an ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Sponsor. *for participating boards