Programs

The Centre for Effective Practice's (CEP) academic detailing service provides family physicians with free one-on-one visits with a trained clinical pharmacist to discuss balanced, evidence-based information on a variety of topic areas. Visits are tailored to your questions and practice, are approximately 30 minutes and can occur virtually or in-person at a time that is convenient for you.

ECHO Care of the Elderly (ECHO COE) can help you build your capacity in the way you care for your elderly patients. The sessions run in blocks, and focus on either community care, long-term care or dementia care. Many of the topics covered focus on mental health, and the program’s medical lead is a geriatric psychiatrist.

ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health can help you change the way you diagnose, prescribe, treat and refer children and youth with mental health problems. By improving the way you safely and effectively treat mental health problems, you can reduce the need for specialist intervention and provide faster access to care for your patients.

ECHO Ontario Mental Health is an interactive virtual education and capacity building program that supports the spread of evidence-based mental health and addictions care. Health care providers join regular ECHO sessions to gain skills, knowledge and confidence. Through ECHO, providers are able to develop their practice and improve care for people seeking mental health and addictions services.

Mood disorders are among the most common mental health illnesses and for family physicians managing these conditions can be challenging. Join this workshop to learn practical approaches and strategies that you can apply in your practice.

The Palliative Care ECHO Project is a 5-year national initiative to cultivate communities of practice and establish continuous professional development among health care providers across Canada who care for patients with life-limiting illness.

SCOPE (Seamless Care Optimizing the Patient Experience) is a virtual, inter-professional team that is based on developing meaningful relationships with allied health professionals and specialists who value primary care. The program was co-designed and co-created by family physicians to reduce fragmentation and maximize efficient use of services.