University of Vermont Project ECHO
University of Vermont Project ECHO Advanced Topics in Dementia Care for the Primary Care Team
Using the Project ECHO model, this four-session tele-education series will build on previous ECHO sessions to cover additional topics in evidence-based care for persons with dementia and their caregivers. The program will identify strategies, best practices, screening tools, resources, clinical pearls, and emerging topics in this field.
This program is offered at no cost to participants through a grant from the Vermont Department of Health.
Participants can receive 1.5 CME credits for each learning session attended.
General questions about the University of Vermont’s Project ECHO can be directed to Patti.Smith-Urie@uvm.edu, clinical/topic-specific questions can be directed to Mary.Palumbo@med.uvm.edu.
Spring Series: February 8, 2024 - March 21, 2024
Advanced Topics in Dementia Care for the Primary Care Team
Course Co-Directors: Mary Val Palumbo, DNP, APRN, GNP-C and John "Steele" Taylor, MD
Session Date | TeleECHO Session | Session Topic | Session Materials |
| February 8 | Session 1 | Update on Anti-Amyloid Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease (John Steele Taylor, MD, UVMMC Memory Program Co-Director) | Slides |
| February 22 | Session 2 | MIND-ful Eating and Cognitive Health (Amy Nickerson, MS, RDN, UVM Nutrition and Food Sciences) | Slides |
| March 7 | Session 3 | The Challenges of Polypharmacy and Dementia; Tools for Deprescribing (Amelia Gennari, MD, Interim Chief of the Division of Geriatrics, UVMMC and Marci Wood, PharmD, Ambulatory Pharmacist Clinician, UVMMC Burlington Adult Primary Care) | Slides |
| March 21 | Session 4 | End of Life - Maximizing Advanced Directives (Stephen Berns, MD, Director of Education for Palliative Medicine and the UVMMC Palliative Care Team) | Sides |