MenuPast ECHO programs
If you missed any of our past ECHO programs, you can still access the didactic curriculum presentations, recordings and resources from the series.
Please note, only the didactic presentations are recorded during the sessions. Group discussion and case presentations are not recorded.
Dementia ECHO
This program ran from April-July 2024, 7 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Dementia subtypes and diagnosis
- non-pharmacological management of dementia symptoms
- Younger onset dementia
- Dementia services and support in newly diagnosed patient
- Dementia and driving
- Dementia and sexuality
- SACAT and Advance Care Directives
Mental Health ECHO Series 2
This program ran from March - July 2024, for 5 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- ADHD in adults
- ADHD in children
- Addiction and substance abuse in trauma and anxiety
- Tobacco cessation in mental health population
- Physical Health - The things you don’t think about
Emergency Medicine ECHO Series 2
This program ran from February – June 2024, for 5 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Pre-retrieval preparation & management
- Cardiac arrhythmias and syncope (including HOCM)
- Paediatric Emergencies
- Obstructive airways exacerbations and NIV
- Aortic catastrophes
Palliative Care ECHO Series 2
This program ran from February – April 2024, for 6 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Cancer and non-cancer pain management
- Emergencies in Palliative care
- Indications of & symptom management approaching last days of life
- Voluntary Assisted Dying
- Dying at home and post-death management
- Spirituality, cultural and inclusive considerations in death and dying
Frailty ECHO
This program ran from August – December 2023, for 5 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Screening and assessing frailty
- Nutritional support for people living with frailty
- Deprescribing / Appropriate Prescribing
- Physical activity and strength training
- Frailty and Fatigue
Mental Health ECHO
This program ran from August – December 2023, for 5 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Working with Aboriginal People and Mental Health
- Perinatal Anxiety and Depression
- Psychotic disorders vs delirium
- Youth Eating Disorders
- Psychotropic and cardiometabolic effects
Emergency Medicine ECHO
This program ran from July – November 2023, for 5 meetings.
Curriculum topics:
- Managing acute intoxication / Drug affected patients in the ED
- Managing head injuries in the ED
- When and how to start inotropes
- ALS in special circumstances
- "Difficult" pain relief in emergency settings
Advanced Dementia ECHO
This program ran from February – June 2023, for 7 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Dementia and memory assessment in primary care and aged care.
- Dementia prevention and addressing modifiable risks.
- Critical care conversations with family and people living with advanced dementia.
- Advanced care planning for people living with dementia.
- Care planning in complex patient presentations and situations.
- Management of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.
- End of life care in advanced dementia
Palliative Care ECHO
This program ran from February – May 2023, for 6 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Complex symptoms in Advanced malignant illness.
- Mental health at End of Life
- Emergencies in Palliative Care
- Symptom Management and establishing Goals of Care in end stage organ failure
- Agitation, delirium and terminal sedation
- Complex Bereavement
Luminal Gastroenterology ECHO
This program ran from September – December 2022, for 7 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Reflux, Indigestion and Heartburn
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Coeliac Disease
- Iron Deficiency +/- Anaemia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
COPD ECHO Network
This program ran from July – December 2022, for 6 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Case finding and making a diagnosis
- Non-pharmacological management
- Pharmacotherapy management
- Managing exacerbations, including concurrent COVID
- Sleep disorders in COPD
- Breathlessness and end - stage COPD
Chronic Pain ECHO Network
This program ran from July – November 2022, for 10 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Chronic pain management fundamentals – the biopsychosocial model of pain.
- Explaining pain to patients – language, messaging and helping patients to reduce pain catastrophising.
- Psychological strategies and self-management approaches to pain management.
- Physical therapies and activity pacing.
- Types of chronic pain - focus on neuropathic pain & CRPS.
- Low back pain
- Safe and effective use of medicines for chronic pain.
- Strategies to support opioid tapering.
- Secondary prevention of chronic pain in the pre-surgery and post-surgery/injury phase.
- Sleep management
Cardiology ECHO Network
This program ran from June – August 2022, for 7 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Heart Failure
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Refractory Hypertension
- Palpitations and Syncope
- Chest Pain
- Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
- Cardiology Referrals and services in SA
Neurology ECHO Program
This program ran from February - May 2022, for 7 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Headaches & Migraines
- Stroke & TIA
- Movement Disorders & Parkinson's disease
- Seizures & Epilepsy
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Neurological symptoms and when to refer
AOD ECHO Program
This program ran from September - December 2021, for 7 sessions.
Curriculum topics:
- Alcohol and alcohol withdrawal
- Benzodiazepines and associated withdrawal
- Cannabis
- Methamphetamine, GHB and other illicit drugs
- Opioids / MATOD and chronic pain
- Anxiety and substance use
