Telehealth – A Means to Global Outreach

Course Description
This workshop will bring together a panel of experts to review wide ranging applications of telemedicine technologies and provide resources to an international audience to implement programs, collaborate with experts and colleagues and develop virtual outreach capability. This session will address resources for Child Neurologists, opportunities to empower primary care providers to increase their confidence, and self-efficacy in co-managing common neurological conditions and partner with specialists in Pediatric Neurology care.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand the range of applications of Telemedicine Technologies.
2. Avail of resources to connect with programs for increasing physician capacity for managing neurological conditions. Impact Statements
3. Recognizing applications of telemedicine as a plausible, attractive and cost-effective option to foster regional as well as international collaboration in patient care and education.
4. Improving capacity of referring physicians in increasing selfefficacy and confidence in comanaging neurological disorders.

Organizer:
Sucheta Joshi, MD, MS; Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Co-Organizer: Charuta Joshi, MBBS; Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anchutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA

Child Neurology Telehealth Special Interest Group: Current Landscape and Future Directions
Charuta Joshi, MBBS

The Guatemala-Colorado Child Neurology Telemedicine Experience
Diana Walleigh, MD; Children’s Hospital Colorado, Anchutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA

Guillermo Bolaños Ventura; Center for Human Development, FUNSALUD, Center for Global Health, Retalhuleu,
Guatemala Act Local, Reach Global: The Impact of Telementoring through Project ECHO
Sucheta Joshi, MD, MS