Telementoring Resources

Telementoring is the use of telecommunication technology to deliver training, education, and support that builds health care capacity.

• The Carolina School-Based Telehealth Learning Collaborative brings together healthcare, education and nonprofit leaders with a shared mission: to promote student success by keeping young people healthy and in school.
  The learning collaborative represents different health and school systems in settings both urban and rural. There is no fee to participate in the learning collaborative.  It is open to anyone working in school based telehealth programs who have an interest in sharing best practices and is NOT limited to those working in North Carolina.

• The Rural Telementoring Training Center (RTTC) provides free training, tools and technical assistant to support the implementation and evaluation of telementoring programs for rural and remote health care workers.

• Project ECHO.  The Project ECHO Model is a knowledge sharing model that was developed at the University of New Mexico and has since evolved into a virtual learning framework that applies across disciplines and probably one of the most well-known telementoring models.  Participants engage in virtual communities with their peers where share support, guidance and feedback.  During an ECHO session, participants present real (anonymized) cases to specialists and each other for discussion and recommendations.  Learn More.

Following are some resources to help you find Project ECHO offerings in the MATRC region:

• • Kentucky
    • Trager Institute Project ECHO
  • Maryland
    • Kennedy Krieger Institute Project ECHO
    • University of Maryland Project ECHO
  • New Jersey
    • New Jersey Academy of Pediatrics Project ECHO
    • Rutgers Cancer Institute Project ECHO
    • Rutgers Project ECHO
  • North Carolina
    • Community Care of North Carolina Project ECHO
    • Eastern AHEC Project ECHO
    • UNC Project ECHO
    • UNC Project ECHO Autism
  • Pennsylvania
    • Penn State Project ECHO
  • Virginia
    • Campus Suicide Prevention Center of Virginia Project ECHO
    • VCU Health Project ECHO
    • Virginia Department of Health Project ECHO
    • Virginia Mental Health Access Program Project ECHO
    • Virginia Project ECHO
      • To view Virginia Project ECHO content, visit our Project ECHO Library.
  • West Virginia
    • West Virginia University Project ECHO

Following are some of the organizations who offer Project ECHO at the national and/or regional level:

• • American Academy of Pediatrics Project ECHO
  • National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization Project ECHO
  • National Network of Public Health Institutes Project ECHO
  • Weitzman ECHO

Following are some of the organizations who offer telementoring and clinical support resources for FQHCs:

• • Weitzman ECHO:  Community Health Center, Inc. was the first Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) to operate its own Project ECHO® clinics. Weitzman ECHO clinics are specifically designed to meet the needs of safety net primary care providers and their communities.  CHC conducts Weitzman ECHO sessions for multiple specialties and provides nationwide access for individual health centers as well as larger entities.
  • Safety Net Connect:  Safety Net Connect offers primary care physicians access to a dedicated eConsult platform providing electronic specialist triage and advice, often in less than 4 hours.
  • MAVEN Project: MAVEN Project uses telehealth to connect primary care providers from safety net clinics with expert physician volunteers for consultations, mentoring, and education.
  • PicassoMD: Provides instant access to specialists via a secure technology platform for curbside chat consults with specialists.