Psychiatry

Virtual learning opportunities

The NEOMED Coordinating Centers of Excellence offers several virtual learning opportunities.

ONGOING PROJECT ECHO PROGRAMS

Project ECHO® is a model for lifelong learning and guided practice that revolutionizes continuing medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities. The heart of the ECHO model™ is its hub-and-spoke knowledge-sharing networks, led by expert teams who use multi-point videoconferencing to conduct virtual clinics with community providers. In this way, physicians, nurses, and other clinicians learn to provide excellent specialty care to patients in their own communities.

ECHO sessions are offered at regularly scheduled intervals, and individuals can join at any time and participate as frequently as they choose. NEOMED currently offers six Project ECHO programs:

 
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NEOMED CLOZAPINE ASSISTANCE SERVICE

Training, assistance line, FAQ and resources for medical professionals who care for people with schizophrenia

Click here to learn more

 

ONLINE COURSES

Working with Friends and Families 101: Unburning the Bridges First Episode Psychosis

A two-part, online continuing education course to learn more about working with friends and families of those with serious mental illness, including first episode psychosis, developed by the Best Practices in Schizophrenia Treatment (BeST) Center in partnership with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Enroll in Part 1
Enroll in Part 2 

To learn more about working with the Department of Psychiatry Coordinating Centers of Excellence, please contact Ruth H. Simera, M.Ed., LSW, Executive Director, at 330.325.6670 or rsimera@neomed.edu.

Contact

Lucky Tisch
Phone:330.325.6698
Email: ltisch@neomed.edu

DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Randon S. Welton, M.D.
Phone: 330.325.6691
Email: rwelton@neomed.edu

Department of Psychiatry

College of Medicine at NEOMED