One of the best things about ECHO’s all teach, all learn approach is that it’s stretchy – it can cover any topic of interest to any group of people. And while early ECHO topics have focused on clinicians, it’s not just for health professionals!
Since the learning platform creates a virtual knowledge-sharing network, it’s easy to bring content and context experts together for convenient one-hour education sessions.
No matter where you work – urban, rural, or remote – keeping your staff and volunteers’ skills and knowledge current and staying abreast of evidence-based best practices can be a challenge. Taking the time for education and connecting with peers is often the first thing to be cut from a busy schedule. Especially for smaller organizations, it’s often a question of in-house capacity to develop and maintain training sessions. ECHOs helps you to maximize your limited training time and budget.
Where will your ideas take you?
At the Centre, our ECHO team can help you tailor an ECHO to suit your training needs. The possibilities of the ECHO model are endless – contact us to see where your ideas can take you.
Here are some ideas to spark your imagination:
- If your organization supports individuals with a life-limiting illness that is actively being researched, you could create an ECHO series aiming to share and discuss recent advancements in research with other professionals.
- If your organization provides multiple resources and programs assisting people with their serious illness, you could develop an ECHO to share and improve these programs with related professionals within and outside of your organization. You could incorporate multiple sessions in an ECHO series, each discussing a different resource or program.
- If your organization supports many volunteers, you could create an ECHO to train volunteers on a large scale or improve your training process.
- If your organization aims to support family or caregivers of individuals with life-limiting illness, you could use ECHO to train, share experiences, and guide caregivers through many processes. You could incorporate multiple sessions in an ECHO series, each discussing a different important aspect of the role of the caregiver (i.e., caregiver burnout).
It’s our vision that all care providers in BC, including volunteers and community support workers, to have equitable access to learning opportunities, resources, and expertise to improve the quality of life of people affected by serious illness.
For more information about ECHO in general, you can read our May CentrePoint profile, and check out our web page.
Want to learn more? Visit www.bc-cpc.ca or email echo@bc-cpc.ca.
