Virginia Project ECHO

Thank you for visiting the Virginia Department of Health Project ECHO page.

Please visit the Injury and Violence Prevention Program’s Project ECHO page at https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/injury-and-violence-prevention/project-echo/to learn more about the many offerings of Project ECHO sessions.

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About the Project ECHO

Project ECHO® is a lifelong learning and guided practice model that revolutionizes medical education and exponentially increases workforce capacity to provide best-practice specialty care and reduce health disparities.

Using proven adult learning techniques and interactive video technology, the ECHO Model™ connects groups of community providers with specialists at centers of excellence in regular real-time collaborative sessions. The sessions, designed around case-based learning and mentorship, help local workers gain the expertise required to provide needed services. Providers gain skills and confidence; specialists learn new approaches for applying their knowledge across diverse cultural and geographical contexts. As the capacity of the local workforce increases, lives improve (Reference University of New Mexico).