What is ECHO?

ECHO Dates and Topics

  • Maternal Fetal Medicine ECHO: September 11, 2024; September 25, 2024; October 9, 2024
  • Organ Donation and Transplantation ECHO: November 6, 2024; November 20, 2024; December 4, 2024
  • Pediatrics ECHO: January 8, 2024; January 22, 2024; February 5, 2024; February 19, 2024

Sessions are noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom.

Credits: 1 CME credit per hour provided by Mercer University School of Medicine.

Registrants will receive Zoom event information for each session.

ECHO Session 1: Maternal Fetal Medicine – Barriers to Health Care for Rural Patients

Rural women experience unique social, structural, and medical barriers to maternal health care, which negatively impact maternal-fetal outcomes. The series of speakers will identify key barriers to maternal-fetal health and ways for providers to confront these problems.

September 11, 2024 – Introduction to Ethical Issues in Maternal Fetal Medicine
Presenter: Wilfreida Leaphart, M.D., Professor, Department of OB/GYN, Mercer University School of Medicine

September 25, 2024 – Rural Maternal Health Care Outcomes, Drivers, and Patient Perspectives
Presenter: Annemarie Anglim-Gilley, DO, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Regional Obstetrical Consultants

October 9, 2024 – Maternal Mental Health
Presenter: Jennifer Barkin, Ph.D., Community Medicine Department Vice Chair, Mercer University School of Medicine

ECHO Session 2: Organ Donation and Transplantation

The incredible developments in organ donation and transplantation medicine have led to miraculous stories of recovery and success, and yet the stories behind those stories are often ones of pain, long waits, uncertain recoveries, and loss. This ECHO session is co-sponsored by the Carlos and Marguerite Mason Center for Organ Donation and Transplant Education and Policy, which will bring together experts to educate Georgia health care professionals on emerging ethical issues in transplantation medicine.

November 6, 2024 – Introduction to Ethical Issues in Organ Donation and Transplantation
Presenter: Donald E. Carter, III, MBA, MDiv, DBe, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Professionalism, Mercer University School of Medicine

November 20, 2024 – Xenotransplants
Presenter: Brian Childs, M.Div. Ph.D. HEC-C, Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Mercer University School of Medicine

December 4, 2024 – Pregnant Organ Donors
Presenter: Jace DeGarmo, Second-Year Mercer University School of Medicine Student; Alex Perry, Second-Year Mercer University School of Medicine Student

ECHO Session 3: Pediatrics

The old maxim in pediatric medicine is that “children are not little adults,” and this idea is as true in ethics as it is in clinical medicine. The ethical relationship between patient and physician shifts in pediatrics to include the parent(s)/guardian(s) and the family because children often cannot make informed decisions for themselves and depend on their parents or guardians emotionally and financially. This ECHO session will invite participants to explore the nuances of ethical decision-making in pediatrics and to think critically about the limits of parental authority.

January 8, 2025 – Parent-Child Conflict and the Best Interest Standard
Presenter: Caroline Anglim, Ph.D. HEC-C, Assistant Professor of Bioethics and Professionalism, Mercer University School of Medicine

January 22, 2025 – Case Presentation
Presenter: Jessica Roumillat, MA, LCSW, HEC-C, Program Manager, Integrated Ethics, Children’s Health (Dallas, TX)

February 5, 2025 – Pediatric Assent and Mature/Capacitated Minors
Presenter: Brian Childs, M.Div. Ph.D. HEC-C, Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities, Mercer University School of Medicine

February 19, 2025 – Transition Therapies for Adolescents
Presenter: Emily Schlottman, M.D., PGY-1 Gateway Community Service Board Psychiatric Residency Program (Savannah)

Rural Health Care Ethics ECHO Sessions 2024-2025

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