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ArticleGerontology & geriatrics education

ECHO-Chicago Geriatrics: using telementoring to "geriatricize" the primary care workforce.

Pari Jafari, Tia Kostas, Stacie Levine, Michelle Martinchek, Daniel Johnson, Jeffrey Graupner, Katherine Thompson

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Article in Gerontology & geriatrics education. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Pari JafariPritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA.
Tia KostasDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine.
Stacie LevineDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine.
Michelle MartinchekDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine.
Daniel JohnsonDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Chicago Medicine.
Jeffrey GraupnerDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine.
Katherine ThompsonDepartment of Medicine, Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine.

Funding

Short Term Aging-Related Research ProgramT35AG029795 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Vineet Arora, DAVID O MELTZER · 2008 to 2026
$1.4M
NIA NIH HHS T35 AG029795
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe primary care workforce is under-prepared to care for the growing older adult population. Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) is a continuing education intervention that connects subspecialists and community health care providers (HCPs) via videoconferencing technology for didactic and case-discussion sessions.

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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeMentoringPrimary Health CareVideoconferencingAgedChicagoEducation, Medical, ContinuingFemaleGeriatricsHealth WorkforceHumansMaleSelf EfficacySurveys and Questionnairescontinuing medical educationPrimary care workforcetechnology in education

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PMID30706769
PMCPMC7837757

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