
Activity ID
13494Expires
June 2, 2025Format Type
LiveCME Credit
9Fee
$0CME Provider: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
Description of CME Course
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was developed to serve as a collaborative model of medical education and care management that empowers front-line clinicians with knowledge and support from specialty care providers to care for patients with complex, chronic medical conditions. This ECHO will provide clinicians and other healthcare workers in Oregon with evidence-based tools to screen, diagnose, and treat those with Hepatitis B and C, as well as identify liver-related complications.
ABMS Member Board Approvals by Type
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Family Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Commercial Support?
NoNOTE: If a Member Board has not deemed this activity for MOC approval as an accredited CME activity, this activity may count toward an ABMS Member Board’s general CME requirement. Please refer directly to your Member Board’s MOC Part II Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment Program Requirements.
Educational Objectives
• The overall course goal is to for participating primary care teams to develop a population health-based approach to hepatitis C treatment, as a means to elimination.
• Support participants to develop and sustain systems, protocols, and policies to support hepatitis C treatment in the primary care setting
• Understand the populations most at risk for contracting hepatitis C
• Increase the number of patients screened for hepatitis B and C with appropriate interpretation of screening tests, as well as best practices for outreach
• Promote education for both patients and providers on hepatitis B and C
• Promote clinical competence in the diagnosis/identification of cirrhosis and understanding of when to refer
• Promote clinical competence in identification of appropriate hepatitis C treatment candidates and safe treatment with new DAA medications.
Competencies
Interpersonal & Communication Skills, Medical Knowledge, Patient Care & Procedural Skills, Practice-based Learning & Improvement, Systems-based Practice
CME Credit Type
AMA PRA Category 1 Credit
Practice Setting
Academic Medicine, Inpatient, Outpatient, Rural, Urban, VA/Military