Challenges of Engaging Primary Care Providers in Specialized Telementoring Education About Sickle Cell Disease for Sickle Cell Specialists: Results from the Sickle Cell Disease Training and Mentoring Program for Primary Care Providers (STAMP) Project ECHO.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited blood disorder affecting approximately 100,000 individuals in the U.S. A lack of knowledgeable providers, particularly for adult patients, has led to a significant number of adults without access to high-quality care. Several federal partners collaborated with the Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program (SCDTDP) grantees to develop and test a national Project ECHO telementoring program targeting primary care providers (PCPs).

Methods

Federal partners developed an extensive recruitment and outreach strategy to engage PCPs in the Sickle Cell Disease Training and Mentoring (STAMP) virtual educational (telementoring) program using a multi-pronged recruitment strategy. The SCDTDP grantees created a tailored curric

SUBMITTER: Shook LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11758125 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature