Events

When This ECHO Meets

Tuesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The purpose of this 12-session ECHO program is to support clinicians and their teams to provide enhanced pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment for chronic pain in medical settings. This ECHO program is funded by the Rural Health Transformation Program.

Topics will include:
Pain Education
Movement and Pacing for Chronic Pain
Buprenorphine and Pain
Recognize, diagnose, and treat mood disorders in patients with chronic pain
Resiliency

Audience: We invite participation by clinicians (prescribing MD, DO, NP, PA), nurses, social workers, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, practice managers, and quality improvement specialists are encouraged to register. Primary care teams are highly encouraged to participate together including prescribers and other care team members.

Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Tuesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The goal of this 12-session ECHO program is to equip primary care providers (PCPs) and their teams to deliver equitable, affirming care to neurodivergent adults, particularly autistic individuals and those with ADHD, by addressing systemic healthcare disparities and improving access, quality and patient-provider relationships.

Topics will include:
Overview & Principles of Neuro-Affirmative Care
Identifying Autism and Diagnosing ADHD in Adults
Recognition of Co-occurring Conditions of Neuro-Divergent Patients
Pharmacologic Management of ADHD
Working with Non-Speaking Patients and Those with High Support Needs
Burnout, Long COVID, and Chronic Energy

Audience: MDs, DO, NP, PA, PharmD and all members of primary care teams are invited to enroll.

Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

What This ECHO Will Focus On

This 12-session ECHO series will increase the capacity of primary care clinicians and community care teams to provide primary palliative care services.

Topics will include:
Symptom management for serious illness
Ethical and legal aspects of care/end of life choices
Compassionate Community Model: engaging with community-based supports
Care Conversations: advance care planning and delivering difficult news
Interdisciplinary team model of palliative care

Audience: Primary care clinicians and community care teams including MD, DO, NP, PA-C, RN, CHW, PHN, LCSW, MSW, and MDiv (or other chaplains).

Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT

What This ECHO Will Focus On

This 12-session ECHO program will move beyond awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and into actionable, trauma-responsive practices that promote healing, resilience, and systemic change.
This program will aim to equip professionals with tools, knowledge, and strategies to prevent harm, support recovery, and build protective factors for children and families.

Topics will include:
Early Care, Education, and Caregivers as Partners
Trauma Responsive and Strength-Based School Systems
Envisioning a Transformed Child Welfare System
Judicial System Who Offer Hope & Transformation
Systems of Care: Medical Models, Mental Health & Dental Care
Cultural Connectedness in the Healing and Transformation of Trauma

Audience: Professionals and leaders across child- and family-serving systems are welcome to register including: primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, educators and early childhood providers, child welfare and juvenile justice professionals, home visitors, public health, community health workers, parent peer mentors and family advocates, policy advisors and/or elected officials, multi-disciplinary teams, and juvenile justice.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PT

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The goal of this ECHO program is to help clinical teams build or improve systems of care that effectively treat addiction in hospital and emergency department settings. This ECHO is funded by SAMHSA State Opioid Response funds through the Oregon Health Authority.

Topics may include:
Complicated alcohol withdrawal
Methadone in the era of fentanyl
Emerging Substances
72-hour methadone dispensation

Audience: Hospital clinicians (prescribing MD, DO, NP, PAs), nurses, social workers, pharmacists, discharge planners, behavioral health specialists, administrators, and quality improvement specialists are encouraged to register. Sessions for this program take place in Pacific time. Ideally, staff will participate as part of a hospital-based team that includes a clinician and one or more other staff member. Participants who have completed SUD in Hospital Care or SUD in Emergency Department ECHOs will be prioritized.

Accreditation
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit
OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The purpose of this ECHO program is to increase knowledge and skills in addressing co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders (SUDs). This ECHO is funded by SAMHSA State Opioid Response funds through the Oregon Health Authority.

Topics will include:
SUDs and Anxiety Disorders
Motivational Interviewing
Working with Ambivalence
Stimulants and Psychosis

Audience: Primary care clinicians, behavioral health clinicians, and other medical professionals including nurses, social workers, and peer support specialists working in outpatient primary care and mental health settings.

Accreditation
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit
OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Thursdays, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The purpose of the 12-session ECHO is to increase the capacity of primary care clinicians and community care teams to identify high-risk medication classes prescribed to older adults, apply practical pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to reducing and simplyifying medication burden, demonstrate effective commuication strategies for counceling patients and their families, and identify evidenc-based tools and resources that can assist with deprescribing.

Topics may include:
Evidence-based guidelines and resources for deprescribing
Communication strategies
Tapers and microtapers
Safer alternatives to risky meds
Collaborating with team members and specialists on deprescribing

Primary care teams, including prescribing clinicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse care managers, behavioral health specialists, administrators, and quality improvement specialists are urged to register for these sessions.

*Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

When This ECHO Meets

Wednesdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., PST

What This ECHO Will Focus On

The purpose of the Weight Management ECHO is to build the capacity of primary care clinicians and their team members to provide evidence-based comprehensive care of their eligible patients living with complicated overweight and obesity. This includes education about weight loss efficacy from lifestyle interventions and, when not sufficient, initiating anti-obesity medications, counseling for metabolic-bariatric surgery, referring to subspecialty care for co -management of complicated comorbid conditions, and education about how best practices to reduce bias and stigma in overweight and obesity.

Topics will include:
Anti-obesity medications
Diet and lifestyle recommendations
Patient conversations, including navigating stigma and bias
Metabolic bariatric surgery & endobariatrics

Audience: Primary care clinicians, dieticians, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health specialists, and other care team members.

Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 12.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit:
Through the American Board of Medical Specialties (“ABMS”) ongoing commitment to increase access to practice relevant Continuing Certification Activities through the ABMS Continuing Certification Directory, Implementing Pharmacologic Weight Management in Primary Care has met the requirements as a Lifelong Learning CME Activity (apply toward general CME requirement) for the following ABMS Member Boards:
Family Medicine
Psychiatry and Neurology

ABIM Credit:
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 12 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion.

Your information will be shared with the ACCME to grant credit.

When This ECHO Meets

Thursdays, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m., Pacific time

What This ECHO Will Focus On

This 14-session ECHO series will cover the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of liver diseases.

Topics will include:
Chronic Hepatitis B and C
Cirrhosis and its complications
Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Developing community partner networks
Harm reduction
Management of substance use disorders

Audience
We invite participation by primary care teams, including prescribing clinicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, nurse care managers, behavioral health specialists, administrators, and quality improvement specialists. We welcome regional and national participation.

*Accreditation: Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit: OHSU School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 14.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.