“Evaluating the role of key learning theories in ECHO: A telehealth educational program for primary care providers

PROGRAM EVALUATION : “EVALUATING THE ROLE OF KEY LEARNING THEORIES IN ECHO: A TELEHEALTH EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS. PROGRESS IN COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIPS”
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Provide response to the following question In the article “Evaluating the role of key learning theories in ECHO: A telehealth educational program for primary care providers. Progress in Community Health Partnerships”, the authors discussed that the purpose of this study was to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the University of Chicago ECHO hypertension curriculum (Socolovsky, Masi, Hamlish, Aduana, Arora & et al, 2013). According to Socolovsky, Masi, Hamlish, Aduana, Arora & et al (2013), they were able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the University of Chicago ECHO hypertension curriculum by interviewing providers that participated in a 6-month pilot intervention. Additionally, this study was conducted to help them with determining the impact of the key learning theory principles on the ECHO model and this was used as a method of helping them with identifying ways that they can increase the efficiency of including the theory principles into the hypertension curriculum. In this study the researchers explained that patient who resided underserved communities tended to have higher rates chronic diseases that were complex. Furthermore, patients with these types of complex chronic diseases were being managed by providers in community health centers, in which these providers may or may not have the level of experience that is required to help provider the optimal level of treatment to these patients (Socolovsky, Masi, Hamlish, Aduana, Arora & et al, 2013). The findings from this study was that providers in the community health centers who completed the ECHO hypertension curriculum had more confidence in providing the level of treatment to those patients with resistant hypertension. References: Socolovsky, C., Masi, C., Hamlish, T., Aduana, G., Arora, S., & et al (2013). Evaluating the role of key learning theories in ECHO: A telehealth educational program for primary care providers. Progress in Community Health Partnerships, 7(4), 361