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ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience()
BACKGROUND: The ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) project is a model of distance medical education developed in the United States to support health professionals in the management of patients with complex diseases. Since 2019, it has been implemented in atopic dermatitis (AD) in Ar...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35643737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2021.09.006 |
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author | Luna, Paula C. Debernardi, María Emilia Echeverría, Cristina Mariela Angles, María Valeria Mazzuoccolo, Luis D. |
author_facet | Luna, Paula C. Debernardi, María Emilia Echeverría, Cristina Mariela Angles, María Valeria Mazzuoccolo, Luis D. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) project is a model of distance medical education developed in the United States to support health professionals in the management of patients with complex diseases. Since 2019, it has been implemented in atopic dermatitis (AD) in Argentina. The program consists of the periodic presentation of clinical cases by videoconference, virtual classes, and a permanently available open chat between professionals in charge of patients with AD and a group of experts. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the ECHO Project AD on the medical knowledge and medical skills of Argentinian health professionals when treating patients with AD. METHODS: A survey was carried out among the participants in order to evaluate the impact of the program on the care of patients with AD. RESULTS: ECHO Project AD revealed a significant improvement in the management of patients with AD. The program contributed to the interpretation and use of severity scores, use of phototherapy, and management and prescription of both classic and innovative topical and systemic treatments. STUDY LIMITATIONS: The reduced number of participants and the short period of time. The answers of the survey may be biased by the enthusiasm of the participants. CONCLUSIONS: The ECHO project is an educational tool that enhances the medical skills of doctors and institutions, in which a climate of a partnership comes first and the participants look forward to learning from experiences, successes, and mistakes from one another, producing a scientific hub in constant evolution. |
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spelling | pubmed-92636632022-07-11 ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() Luna, Paula C. Debernardi, María Emilia Echeverría, Cristina Mariela Angles, María Valeria Mazzuoccolo, Luis D. An Bras Dermatol Original Article BACKGROUND: The ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) project is a model of distance medical education developed in the United States to support health professionals in the management of patients with complex diseases. Since 2019, it has been implemented in atopic dermatitis (AD) in Argentina. The program consists of the periodic presentation of clinical cases by videoconference, virtual classes, and a permanently available open chat between professionals in charge of patients with AD and a group of experts. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the impact of the ECHO Project AD on the medical knowledge and medical skills of Argentinian health professionals when treating patients with AD. METHODS: A survey was carried out among the participants in order to evaluate the impact of the program on the care of patients with AD. RESULTS: ECHO Project AD revealed a significant improvement in the management of patients with AD. The program contributed to the interpretation and use of severity scores, use of phototherapy, and management and prescription of both classic and innovative topical and systemic treatments. STUDY LIMITATIONS: The reduced number of participants and the short period of time. The answers of the survey may be biased by the enthusiasm of the participants. CONCLUSIONS: The ECHO project is an educational tool that enhances the medical skills of doctors and institutions, in which a climate of a partnership comes first and the participants look forward to learning from experiences, successes, and mistakes from one another, producing a scientific hub in constant evolution. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2022 2022-05-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9263663/ /pubmed/35643737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2021.09.006 Text en © 2022 Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. on behalf of Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Original Article Luna, Paula C. Debernardi, María Emilia Echeverría, Cristina Mariela Angles, María Valeria Mazzuoccolo, Luis D. ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title | ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title_full | ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title_fullStr | ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title_full_unstemmed | ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title_short | ECHO project in atopic dermatitis in Argentina: An innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
title_sort | echo project in atopic dermatitis in argentina: an innovative strategy to reach underserved areas with up to date knowledge, first year of experience() |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9263663/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35643737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2021.09.006 |
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