Effectiveness and experiences of the Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model in developing competencies among healthcare professionals: a mixed methods systematic review protocol

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Abstract

Background

The Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) Model of continuing tele-education is an innovative guided-practice model aiming at amplifying healthcare professionals’ competencies in the management of chronic and complex health conditions. While data on the impact of the ECHO model is increasingly available in the literature, what influences the model effectiveness remains unclear. Therefore, the overarching aim of this systematic review is to identify, appraise, and synthesize the available quantitative (QUAN) and qualitative (QUAL) evidence regarding the ECHO Model effectiveness and the experiences/views of ECHO’s participants about what influences the development of competencies in healthcare professionals.

Methods

The proposed systematic review was inspired by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology for Mixed Methods Systematic Reviews (MMSR) and will follow a convergent segregated approach. A systematic search will be undertaken using QUAN, QUAL and mixed methods (MM) studies of ECHO-affiliated programs identified in six databases. A publication date filter will be applied to find the articles published from 2003 onwards. Sources of unpublished studies and gray literature will be searched as well. Retrieved citations will independently be screened by two reviewers. Disagreements will be resolved through discussion until a consensus is reached or by including a third reviewer. Studies meeting the predefined inclusion criteria will be assessed on methodological quality and the data will be extracted using standardized data extraction forms. Separate QUAN and QUAL synthesis will be performed, and findings will be integrated using a matrix approach for the purpose of comparison and complementarity.

Discussion

This MMSR will fulfill important gaps in the current literature on the ECHO Model as the first to provide estimates on its effectiveness and consider simultaneously the experiences/views of ECHO’s participants. As each replication of the ECHO Model greatly varies depending on the context, topic, and targeted professionals, a better understanding of what influences the model effectiveness in developing healthcare professionals’ competencies is crucial to inform future implementation.

Systematic review registration

PROSPERO CRD42020197579

Supplementary Information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13643-021-01832-0.

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Contributors

Gabrielle Chicoine:

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-5806

gabrielle.chicoine@umontreal.ca

José Côté: jose.cote@umontreal.ca

Jacinthe Pepin: jacinthe.pepin@umontreal.ca

Guillaume Fontaine: gfontaine@ohri.ca

Marc-André Maheu-Cadotte: marc-andre.maheu-cadotte@umontreal.ca

Quan Nha Hong: quan.nha.hong@mail.mcgill.ca

Geneviève Rouleau: genevieve.rouleau@wchospital.ca

Daniela Ziegler: daniela.ziegler.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Didier Jutras-Aswad: didier.jutras-aswad@umontreal.ca

Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Syst Rev

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Syst Rev

Title: Systematic Reviews

Publisher: BioMed Central (London )

ISSN (Electronic): 2046-4053

Publication date (Electronic): 16 December 2021

Publication date PMC-release: 16 December 2021

Publication date Collection: 2021

Volume: 10

Electronic Location Identifier: 313

Affiliations

[1 ]GRID grid.14848.31, ISNI 0000 0001 2292 3357, Faculty of Nursing, Université de Montréal, Pavillon Marguerite-d’Youville, ; C.P. 6128 succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada

[2 ]GRID grid.14848.31, ISNI 0000 0001 2292 3357, Université de Montréal Hospital Research Centre, ; Montreal, QC Canada

[3 ]GRID grid.14848.31, ISNI 0000 0001 2292 3357, Research Chair in Innovative Nursing Practices, , Université de Montréal Hospital Research Centre, ; Montreal, QC Canada

[4 ]GRID grid.14848.31, ISNI 0000 0001 2292 3357, FUTUR Team-FRQSC, Faculty of Nursing, , Université de Montréal, ; Montreal, QC Canada

[5 ]GRID grid.412687.e, ISNI 0000 0000 9606 5108, Centre for Implementation Research, Psychology and Health Research Group, Clinical Epidemiology Program, , Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, ; Ottawa, ON Canada

[6 ]GRID grid.482476.b, ISNI 0000 0000 8995 9090, Research Centre, , Montreal Heart Institute, ; Montreal, QC Canada

[7 ]GRID grid.83440.3b, ISNI 0000000121901201, EPPI-Centre, UCL Social Research Institute, , University College London, ; London, England

[8 ]GRID grid.417199.3, ISNI 0000 0004 0474 0188, Women’s College Hospital, ; Toronto, ON Canada

[9 ]GRID grid.14848.31, ISNI 0000 0001 2292 3357, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Addiction, , Université de Montréal, ; Montreal, QC Canada

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Gabrielle Chicoine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3179-5806

Article

Publisher ID: 1832

DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01832-0

PMC ID: 8675457

PubMed ID: 34911579

SO-VID: 7d98bafb-fabd-4681-b5c7-6fffa33e840f

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