Project ECHO telementoring program in epilepsy for school nurses

The ECHO Was Heard Throughout the School

“…The article reviewed in this commentary assessed the implementation and results for the first 2 years of the MSS ECHO program using retrospective post-program surveys administered at program completion. 5…”

“…This project utilized the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes model (ECHO) to connect health care providers with specialists and combine didactics with case-based presentations to increase health care providers’ knowledge and self-efficacy. 5 A combination of short didactic presentations, case presentations, and discussions with a team of interdisciplinary specialists (pediatric psychology, pediatric epileptology, nursing, social work, and patient advocates) were used to deliver the didactic content and enable participation in case-based learning.…”

“…The article reviewed in this commentary assessed the implementation and results for the first 2 years of the MSS ECHO program using retrospective post-program surveys administered at program completion. 5 Participants included a total of 166 school nurses, 48 school nurses representing 41 schools from 7 states in Year 1 and 118 school nurses representing 114 schools from 10 states in Year 2 of the study. The majority of the participants were registered nurses (94%, Y1 and 100%, Y2), had a bachelor’s degree or higher (>50%), and had more than 15 years of experience as a school nurse (>75%).…”