Impact of project echo on the evolution of patients

Abstract

Introduction
The teletutoring model, based on the clinics of Project ECHO, constitutes a virtual education tool for the members of the health teams, mainly from remote areas, through the advice of specialists, based on cooperative learning. Objective: To evaluate the impact of the application of Project ECHO training on the evolution of patients and its relationship with the quality of health care, from the perception of the professionals participating in this program in Ecuador.

Methodology:
A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional, field and non-experimental study was carried out. Through the ZOOM platform, clinical cases of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Diabetes and Hypertension were presented. Using free digital support, a survey questionnaire was implemented for 69 participants, structured in 15 dimensions. For the measurement of positive responses, the values were ordered from highest to lowest, identifying the main problem. In the general treatment of the responses, the relative frequencies or percentages were included.

Results
94.55% of the professionals consider that the sessions of tele clinic had an affirmative effect on the evolution of the patients. The greatest difficulty is concentrated in “Changes in the lifestyle of patients.”

Conclusions:
The tele clinic sessions of Project ECHO had a positive impact on the evolution of patients, in relation to the quality of care and from the perspective of professionals, mainly in rural areas, being more evident in relation to the activities inherent to their performance. The findings reflect the main inconvenience detected, which will require further work.