Climate Change ECHO: Telementoring to Improve Climate Literacy for Health Professionals.

Introduction: Climate change is a global public health crisis. Most clinicians and public health professionals do not receive adequate education to manage and communicate climate-related health impacts to their patients.

Methods: From July 2021 to February 2022, the Project ECHO Climate Change and Human Health program completed 22 weekly trainings for health professionals.

Educating Community Health Professionals About the Health-Related Effects of Climate Change Through ECHO Telementoring.

Introduction: Climate change is a global public health emergency causing extensive morbidity and mortality worldwide. Although most large medical organizations endorse the need to train health care professionals in climate change, such trainings are not readily available.

Methods: This article describes the results of an 8-week, 75-min per week, Climate Change and Human Health ECHO (CCHH ECHO) synchronous telementoring course for post-licensure health professionals.

Climate Change and Human Health ECHO: Global Telementoring for Health Professionals.

Objective: To increase the knowledge and communication skills of health professionals related to climate change and human health (CCHH).

Methods: From February to April 2021, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) created an 8-week, synchronous and virtual, CCHH ECHO telementoring series for health professionals. Didactics, simulated cases, and climate change tools were used to educate the interprofessional group of participants.