Open AccessTelementoring of Healthcare Teams in the Care of Miners
Author(s) -
Akshay Sood,
Charles Pollard,
Summers Kalishman,
Nour Assad,
Kyla LeSuer,
Ramni Khattar,
Brian Soller,
Orrin Myers
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ats scholar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-7097
DOI - 10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0073oc
Subject(s) - multidisciplinary approach , health care , medicine , intervention (counseling) , test (biology) , family medicine , health professionals , longitudinal study , nursing , psychology , paleontology , social science , pathology , sociology , economics , biology , economic growth
Background: Given the reemergence of pneumoconiosis in the United States, there is a tremendous need to train rural professionals in its multidisciplinary management. The Miners' Wellness TeleECHO (Telementoring Extension for Community Health Outcomes) Program in New Mexico, United States, provides longitudinal multidisciplinary telementoring to professionals taking care of miners. The impact of this approach has not been previously evaluated.