Healthcare Vitality
This new ECHO Idaho series will launch in April 2024.
Background
According to a 2023 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report, healthcare professionals are at-risk for occupational burnout, creating significant negative impacts on behavioral health and well-being. In 2020, 38 percent of physicians in the U.S. reported experiencing burnout. The concern is most acute for women and those under 55 years of age. High levels of burnout are also experienced by other healthcare professionals including nurse practitioners and physician assistants and non-clinical support staff in primary care.
Given ongoing strains to the healthcare system, such as workforce shortages, an aging population with increasingly complex medical needs, the difficulties of providing coordinated care in a fragmented system, and declining financial margins, burnout perhaps should not be surprising.
About the Series
Led by an interdisciplinary panel of well-being experts from Idaho, this series will serve as a platform to share knowledge, support skill development and encourage mutual support to help healthcare teams prioritize well-being.
To view session recordings for this series, please visit ECHO Idaho's YouTube channel.
12:30-1:30 p.m. MT, third Tuesdays of the month starting April 16, 2024.
ECHO Idaho’s full series schedule is available here.
Healthcare administrators and professionals.
Participation in ECHO Idaho is free.
Please register here for the ongoing sessions.
Once you register, you’ll receive convenient, day-of Zoom access direct to your inbox – join us as your schedule allows.
- No-Cost Accredited Continuing Education: ECHO Idaho offers free accredited continuing education credits (CE). CE credit is available for participating in live sessions only, not for watching recorded sessions (unless otherwise indicated). To learn more about the University of Idaho, WWAMI’s continuing education accreditation and how to claim CE, visit our CE webpage.
- Professional Development: Participants gain new skills and competencies for managing patients.
- Creating Community: Clinician teams can increase professional satisfaction and decrease isolation, thus creating a sense of community.
- Improved Quality of Care: Health care professionals who participate in ECHO increase their knowledge and self-efficacy.
ECHO Idaho is led by the University of Idaho and the WWAMI Medical Education Program.