Trial reportJournal of telemedicine and telecare
Telementoring for improving primary care provider knowledge and competence in managing chronic pain: A randomised controlled trial.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Implementation of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes Model for Hypertension Education of Frontline Health Care Workers in the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria: Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Leveraging virtual communities of practice for cancer control in Africa: experiences from the Africa Cancer Research and Control ECHO.Ecancermedicalscience · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Telementoring in Improving Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Competence in Managing Chronic Pain: A Mixed Methods Study.Military medicine · 2023Article
- Usability and perceptions of a one-on-one telementoring program for young physicians in rural settings of Peru: a mixed method study.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Feasibility, acceptability, and sustainability of Project ECHO to expand capacity for pediatricians in Vietnam.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- A survey of chronic pain telephone consultations during COVID-19 at an inner-city secondary care center.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2021Article
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- A Qualitative Evaluation of the Pain Management VA-ECHO Program Using the RE-AIM Framework: The Participant's Perspective.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Primary care providers are frequently unprepared to manage chronic pain adequately due in part to insufficient professional training. This study evaluated the effect of a telementoring intervention on knowledge and perceived competence related to chronic pain management. Methods: The study design was a cluster randomised controlled trial. Primary care clinics that were part of the University of Washington Medicine Telehealth network were the unit of randomization. Primary care providers comprised the intervention group (n = 23) and the control group (n = 18). Providers in the intervention group attended telementoring sessions through the TelePain programme and presented patient cases at the beginning and end of their enrolled patients’ 12-week study period. TelePain sessions included a didactic presentation and telementoring for specific patient cases by a panel of pain specialists from the disciplines of pain medicine, internal medicine, anaesthesiology, rehabilitation medicine, psychiatry, addiction medicine, nursing and complementary and integrative pain management. Providers’ baseline and end-of-study knowledge and perceived competence in managing chronic pain were assessed by three questionnaires: Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain, the KnowPain-12 and the Perceived Competence Scale. Results: Knowledge (Z = –0.34, p = 0.97 (Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain) and Z = 0.49, p = 0.62 (KnowPain-12)) and perceived competence (Z = –0.74, p = 0.46) did not increase for providers in the intervention group compared with providers in the control group. These providers attended on average 12.5 sessions (range 0–31) while participating in the study. Discussion: Further research is recommended to establish the effectiveness of this telementoring intervention.
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