About Our Sessions
Monthly, Ongoing Sessions
Every 3rd Friday of the month @ 12:30 – 1:30pm Pacific, year-round.
Sessions
Our sessions include a brief didactic (15 min), followed by case consultation(s) and discussion.
Trainee Audience
Residents, fellows, and students across medicine, nursing, and other fields.
Community Panelists
We are the first ECHO to include community members on our specialist panel, bridging the community-clinic gap.
of attendees plan to change their practice as a result of our sessions.
of attendees highly rate our didactics, cases, and virtual delivery.
Attendees report perceived knowledge increase from before to after our sessions.
We have found it invaluable. The didactic and case-based learning is of the very highest quality and promotes true geriatric care consideration by our residents.
- Kevin Braun, MD, MPH, Program Director, Family Medicine Residency, Olympia, WAOur Partners
The ECHO Model™
The heart of the ECHO model™ is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks.
UW's ECHO Team
University of Washington’s ECHO team was the first group to replicate the ECHO Model.
Family Medicine Residency Network
29 family medicine residency programs across 5 states in the WWAMI region.
Meet Our Panel
Katherine Bennett, MD
Medical Director, Project ECHO - Geriatrics
Thuan Ong, MD, MPH
Geriatrician
Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
Geriatrician, NW GWEC Project Director
Allison Boll, MSW
ADS Representative
Zachary Marcum, PhD, PharmD
Geriatric Pharmacist
Carol Crawford, PharmD
Geriatric Pharmacist
Karen Clay, MSW, LICSW
Clinical Social Worker
Staci Levison, BSW
AAADSW Representative
Beth Labardi, MD
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH, MA
Geriatric Psychiatrist
Mary Pat O'Leary, RN, BSN
ADS Representative
Breanne Swanson, MS
AAADSW Representative
Our Didactics
Our Project ECHO – Geriatrics didactics are easily digested at 15 minutes in length and cover a range of geriatric topics focusing on evidence-based practices useful for primary care healthcare providers. Search and watch our didactics online, anytime.
Our Didactics
Didactics 2015-2016
January 15th – Welcome and Introduction to Project ECHO – Geriatrics, Kent Unruh, PhD and Katherine Bennett, MD
February 19th – Medication Use in Older Adults – Updated Beers Criteria, Zachary Marcum, PhD, PharmD
March 19th – Addressing Falls in Your Clinical Practice, Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
April 15th – Artfully Approaching End-of-Life Discussions Using POLST, Wayne McCormick, MD, MPH
May 13th – Management of Agitation in Dementia, Stephen Thielke, MD, MSPH, MA
June 17th – Health Literacy: Learning to Read the Person in Front of You, Thuan Ong, MD, MPH
Didactics 2016-2017
July 12th – Driving Safety and Older Adults, Kristoffer Rhoads, PhD
August 19th – Medications and Falls in Older Adults, Zachary Marcum, PharmD, PhD, BCPS
September 16th – Late Life Depression, Beth Labardi, MD
October 21st – Frailty: A Brief Overview, Joe C. Huang, MD
November 18th – Atrial Fibrillation, Michael A. Chen, MD, PhD, FACC
December 16th – 10 Myths About Decision-Making Capacity, Denise M. Dudzinski, PhD MTS
January 20th – Cancer Screening in Older Adults: Who Should I Screen?, Katherine Bennett, MD
February 17th – Sexual Health in Older Adults (Slides Only), Lauren Carpenter, MD
March 17th – Osteoporosis, Katherine Ritchey, DO, MPH
April 21st – Alphabet Soup of Medicare, May Reed, MD
May 12th – HIV and Aging, Wayne McCormick, MD, MPH
June 16th – The Role of Area Agencies on Aging, Allison Boll, MSW and Melissa Ensey, MSEd
Didactics 2017-2018
July 21st – Caring for the Caregiver, Lianne Hirano, MD
August 18th – Deprescribing, Zachary Marcum, PhD, PharmD
September 15th – Hospice Case Studies in Dementia, Lee Burnside, MD, MBA
October 20th – Unexplained Weight Loss in the Elderly, William A. Banks, MD, FACES
November 17th – Dementia Treatment Principles, Lucy Wang, MD
December 15th – Kidney Disease and Functional Decline in Older Adults, Bob Roshanravan, MD, MSPH, MS
January 19th – Pre-Op Testing, Joel Huang, MD
February 16th – Multimorbidity, Katherine Bennett, MD
March 16th – Staying Active, Staying Connected, Marigrace Becker, MSW
April 20th – Abuse, Neglect, & Exploitation of Older Adults, Lena Makaroun, MD, MS
May 18th – Falls Screening in Primary Care, Elizabeth Phelan, MD, MS
June 15th – Glycemic Goals in the Elderly, Carol Crawford, PharmD, BCCGP, BCPS
July 20th – Screening Cognitive Decline in Primary Care – Screening Tools and Care Pathways, Kristoffer Rhoades, PhD
August 17th – What You Need to Know About Opioid Dependence in Older Patients, Manu Thakral, PHD, NP
Connect with Us
Connect with us to learn more about Project ECHO – Geriatrics and sign-up to participate.