Common to Complex: Anxiety (Project ECHO) Fall 2025

Tuesday, August 5, 2025, 6:30 PM - Tuesday, September 23, 2025, 7:45 PM, Online

Registration Opens July 2025

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The purpose of this course is to improve the assessment and treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders through the dissemination of evidence-based practical guidelines to medical providers. This course will address several learning objectives, which include distinguishing normative stress from an anxiety  disorder, delineating common presentations of anxiety disorders, and formally screening for anxiety in youth. Additional topics of discussion will include managing safety in children and adolescents with anxiety disorders, partnering with families and mental health providers, and implementing evidence-based treatment options for pediatric anxiety.

 

Intended Audience
Physicians, advanced practice nurses, and physician assistants

How to Participate
Next cohort: August 5 - September 23, 2025 | Tuesdays | 6:30 PM -7:45 PM (ET).
Session Dates: August 5, 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9, 16, 23

Session Topics

• Overview of Anxiety Disorders

• Screening & Diagnosis

• Safety

• Teaching Families About Pediatric Anxiety Disorders*

• First-Line Interventions

• Starting Medications*

• Follow-Up Visit*

• Mind/Body Interventions 

*APRN Pharmacotherapeutic Eligible

Why Join?
Primary Care Providers (PCP) can access pediatric specialists for professional collaboration through regular teleECHO sessions, which are like an interactive grand rounds presentation. During a session, the specialist will present a brief didactic.  PCPs present cases to the "learning network," which includes the specialist team and other participants, to receive feedback.

Benefits for Participating Clinicians:
     • Participate from the convenience of your office or home
     • Face-to-face networking and collaboration with colleagues
     • Sessions led by sub-specialist
     • Receive expert opinions on cases

What is Project ECHO?
Cincinnati Children’s Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is a virtual, telehealth program for community providers to learn more about managing common pediatric diseases that can be complex to treat. The goal is to provide a network of resources, access to experts, and to increase comfort level in caring for children and adolescents with common yet complex conditions.

How Project ECHO Works
Project ECHO – Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes – uses technology, Project ECHO bridges the gap between healthcare specialists and community-based clinicians. The Project ECHO model is based on four principles:
     • Use technology to leverage scarce resources
     • Share “best practices” to reduce disparities
     • Apply case-based learning to master complexity
     • Evaluate and monitor outcomes

During Project ECHO sessions, healthcare clinicians present cases using a case-based format using video conferencing equipment. Project ECHO specialist and other participants discuss patient cases and recommendations are made regarding a treatment plan.  Specialists and community clinicians hear various case presentations, as well as follow-up and outcomes, and over time greatly increase their knowledge and experience in the evaluation and treatment of anxiety.

 What Clinicians and Partners say about Project ECHO:
     • “I feel more confident, and it makes providing care easier. This project allows for increased opportunities to learn, and patients to get better care.”

     • “Project Echo has been a valuable learning experience for me, and I have learned and incorporated new ideas into my practice as a direct result of my participation. I find that sharing in a group setting and seeing how others approach problems to be a good way of synthesizing how I would or might approach things in my daily practice.  I highly recommend participation in Project Echo learning opportunities as they come available."

Information about Project ECHO
https://www.cincychildrensecho.com/

 

1. Screen for pediatric health concerns
2. Utilize best evidence/treatment algorithms to identify treatment options
3. Describe the referral pathway of pediatric diagnoses if not treatable in the community setting
4. Discuss roles/responsibilities for the healthcare team when treating and referring
5. Communicate with the healthcare team

In support of improving patient care, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician:  Cincinnati Children’s designates this Activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing:   This activity is approved for a maximum 10 continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hours.

MOCpt2: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 10 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 10 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. 

*APRN & PA Adv Pharm (Add to Physician, Nursing & PA Statements): This activity is designed for the additional hours required for APRNs & PAs with prescriptive authority in Ohio.

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.25 hours), ABP MOC Part 2 (0.00 hours), CME - Non-Physician (Attendance) (1.25 hours), IPCE (1.25 hours), Nursing CE (1.25 hours)

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Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.