The “Hub” and “Spoke” model links an interprofessional specialist team at NIMHANS academic centre of expertise (the Hub) with health care providers (spokes). Each NIMHANS tele-ECHO session consists of spoke-led presentations of anonymized patient cases and discussion of the cases whereby the peers as well as hub experts provide advice on the diagnosis and management. This is followed by a brief didactic on a mental health-related topic.
75 out of 100 people with Addictive & Mental health disorder do not have access to Care due to lack of Skilled capacity
Our mission is to make trusted knowledge accessible to anyone, anywhere, and anytime and build the capacity.
Using case-based learning, collaborative care & telementoring, we seek to build a “community of practice” of highly- skilled champions.
Patient Centric Learning
Real Case discussion is the core of the VKN tele-ECHO
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Share best practices combined with clinical wisdom to reduce disparity of care.
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“In the last 10 years, this force-multiplier effect has led to a virtual community of over 10000+ connected health providers, learners, educators being mentored on “best practices” by NIMHANS Hub, who could touch lives of >2,00,000 people from rural and underserved areas to provide Quality care in Addiction Mental health”
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NIMHANS ECHO is an innovative capacity building program that uses a HUB and SPOKE knowledge-sharing network, led by expert teams from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in Bangalore, to provide training and tele-mentoring to healthcare professionals working in remote and rural areas of India.
In the Hub and Spoke model of NIMHANS ECHO, NIMHANS serves as the central “hub” of expertise, while various healthcare providers and professionals in remote and rural areas are the “spokes.” The model works as follows:
Hub: NIMHANS, being a renowned mental health and neurosciences institution, acts as the central hub of knowledge and expertise. The hub consists of a multidisciplinary team of specialists, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and other mental health professionals.
Spokes: The spokes are healthcare providers and professionals located in geographically distant and underserved areas. These may include primary care physicians, nurses, counselors, or other healthcare workers who encounter mental health issues in their daily practice but may lack specialized training in mental health.
Each NIMHANS tele-ECHO session consists of spoke-led presentations of anonymized patient cases and discussion of the cases whereby the peers as well as hub experts provide advice on the diagnosis and management. This is followed by a brief didactic on a mental health-related topic. .
The core component of this Knowledge Sharing model is weekly “case discussion” during tele-ECHO session with clinical experts or mentors. This continuous loop of learning, mentoring and peer support is what makes ECHO unique, with a long-lasting impact far beyond that of a webinar, e-learning course or telemedicine care
We continued to learn from each other.Collaborative Learning: The hub and spoke participants engage in a collaborative learning process, fostering knowledge exchange, skill development, and the building of a supportive professional network. The spokes gain expertise in managing mental health conditions, reducing the need for patient referrals to specialized centers and improving access to quality mental healthcare in remote areas
Each NIMHANS ECHO runs like a course as recognised by Board of Studies . These are Professional Developmental Programme. Each spoke will have access to a mobile e-learning platform which allows learners to access learning materials and relevant questions anytime and anywhere.
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The weekly tele-mentoring model focuses on case-based learning in which participants discuss anonymized cases with our experts as well as with the peers.
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