Slides from Weitzman Institute's COVID-19 ECHO recorded on February 17, 2021

1. COVID-19 Impact and Response
on Health Professions Training
February 17, 2021

2. Continuing Education Credits
This activity has been planned and implemented
by the Community Health Center, Inc./Weitzman
Institute and is accredited to provide continuing
education for the healthcare team.
This series is intended for physicians, nurse
practitioners, physician assistants, pharmacists,
and nurses.
Please complete the survey – linked in the chat,
and emailed to all attendees – to request your
continuing education credit
A comprehensive certificate will be sent out at the
end of the series, May 2021.

3. This week’s COVID-19 ECHO session
is a collaboration with

4. Disclosure
• With respect to the following presentation, there has been
no relevant (direct or indirect) financial relationship
between the party listed above (or spouse/partner) and
any for-profit company in the past 12 months which would
be considered a conflict of interest.
• The views expressed in this presentation are those of the
presenter and may not reflect official policy of Community
Health Center, Inc. and its Weitzman Institute.
• We are obligated to disclose any products which are off-
label, unlabeled, experimental, and/or under investigation
(not FDA approved) and any limitations on the information
hat I present, such as data that are preliminary or that
represent ongoing research, interim analyses, and/or
unsupported opinion.

5. Update: COVID-19 in the United States
Stephen Scholand, MD;
Infectious Disease Specialist, Midstate Medical Center
February 17, 2021
www. mildred-elley.edu

6. 27,731,625 cases on 2/16/21 with 487,495 deaths
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/us-map
COVID-19 in the United States

7. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html
Steep
drop

8. How many ‘jet liners’? A320 seats 182 passengers

9. Pressure on Hospital Systems
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

10. Strains Threatening the United States
• At least 40 States U.K. strain
• 1137 total (B.1.1.7 strain): FL (379),
CA (186), NY (59), CT (17)
• Other strains have arrived:
• B.1.351 (S. African strain) – 17
• P.1 (Brazilian strain) – 3
www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-
ncov/transmission/variant-cases.html

11. COVID-19 Vaccinations Across the Nation
https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations
• As of 2/15, ~38 million people had
received at least one dose of COVID-19
vaccine
• About 14 million received 2 doses
• Averaging ~1.7 million doses/day

12. Resources
Nuvance health 2200+ articles reviewed
https://spark.adobe.com/page/m2vSfsSMom1TO/
CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
https://emergency.cdc.gov/coca/calls/2020/
WHO
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Johns Hopkins
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
Others
https://www.thelancet.com/coronavirus
https://covidactnow.org/

13. COVID-19 Impact and Response:
CHC, Inc. & Tunxis Community College
Jaclyn Cunningham – Inter-Professional Student Coordinator, CHC Inc.
Dr. Patricia Johnson, EdD, RDH – Professor of Dental Hygiene and Dental
Hygiene Program Coordinator, Tunxis Community College

14. CHC Student & Resident Overview: 2019
• 497 Students and
Residents completed their
placements at CHC in 2019
• All placements on-site
• Capacity concerns
(specifically for behavioral
health and NP students)
• School based placements
Disciplines
BH Dental Medical Nursing Shadow Non-clinical

15. CHC Student & Resident Overview: 2020
• 377 Students and
Residents completed
clinical placements
with CHC in 2020
• Very limited site
capacity (reserved for
medical and nursing
placements only)
• Remote setup for
other disciplines
• No school-based or
dental placements
since March 2020
• Supplemental learning
opportunities
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Numer of Students by Site

16. Academic Partnership with
Tunxis Community College
• One of our academic partners for over 25 years
• Affiliation Agreement considerations
• Providing opportunities for students to interact with
dental team within other roles at CHC
• Considering how preceptor roles are changing during
the pandemic when considering alternative placement
opportunities

17. Challenges with COVID
• College utilizes community clinical facilities
• Ceasing of clinical care from March 2020 until
present
• Use of other clinical facilities and meeting clinical
requirements
• Accreditation standards

18. Opportunities for Learning
• Enrichment Learning/Supplemental Learning
for non-dental service learning
– Specimen support, collection, administrative
support
– Vaccination distribution

19. What We Learned
• How to start a relationship
• How to bridge student learning to other
tenants of healthcare
– Interprofessional education

20. COVID-19 Impact and Response:
NP Residency Training Program
Nicole Seagriff, APRN – Clinical Program Director, Postgraduate Nurse
Practitioner Residency Program, CHC Inc.
Meg LaPointe, APRN, FNP-C – NP Resident, CHC Inc.

21. NP Residency Training Program
• Pivoting in the time of COVID
– Impact on rotations
– COVID testing clinics and
vaccine clinics
– Public health approach
– Didactic and telehealth
training

22. NP Resident Perspective

23. Lessons Learned
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Creativity

24. Thank You!
To learn more about The Path Forward series
WeitzmanLearning.org/the-path-forward
To view previous COVID-19 sessions:
WeitzmanLearning.org/coronavirus