ECHO-Chicago: Suicide Prevention for Adult & Pediatric Primary Care Providers

December 4, 2024 to February 19, 2025
Practical training for lifesaving results.
 
Join us for an impactful 10-week training to equip primary care clinicians with the skills needed for effective suicide prevention. This activity emphasizes evidence-based, patient-centered best practices through interactive sessions that include 20-25 minute expert-led didactic presentations and role-play simulations, followed by 35-40 minutes of participant-led case discussions. Modeled after medical rounds, this structure fosters real-world application, open dialogue, and collaborative problem-solving. Participants will gain valuable insights, share experiences, and develop strategies to overcome challenges in implementing these critical practices.

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Target Audience

This activity is designed for community-based primary care clinicians interested in providing care to patients who are at risk for suicide.

Learning Objectives

After this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the epidemiology of suicide within high-risk populations in Illinois, including demographics and contributing factors specific to each group;
  • Explain the core components of the Zero Suicide model and the role of the ECHO model in promoting suicide prevention practices among Illinois primary care clinicians;
  • Identify evidence-based suicide screening tools, such as the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) and ASQ, and their unique features to enhance early risk detection;
  • Describe common barriers to suicide assessment and effective solutions to improve risk identification and patient communication;
  • Implement trauma-informed approaches and resilience-building strategies in clinical practice to support clinicians and patients following a suicide event;
  • Develop a streamlined referral and follow-up system that connects at-risk patients with local and national mental health resources to support continuous care and transition management.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Patient Care and Procedural Skills
Practice-based Learning and Improvement
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism
Systems-based Practice
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
ECHO-Chicago
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
echo@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-2213

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Summary
Available credit: 
  • 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 10.00 Participation
Event starts: 
12/04/2024 - 8:00am
Event ends: 
02/19/2025 - 9:00am
Activity opens: 
02/19/2025
Activity expires: 
05/19/2025
Add to calendar: 
Date
Session
12/04/2024
Suicide Epidemiology & Zero Suicide Model
Speaker-Phil Martinez, LCPC
12/11/2024
Secondary Stress and Trauma
Speaker-Fabiana Araujo, PhD
12/18/2024
Screening Part 1
Speaker-Staci Young, MD, and Nabil Abou Baker, MD
01/08/2025
Screening Part 2
Speaker-Karen Bernstein, MD, MPH
01/15/2025
Standard Assessment
Speaker-Elizabeth Charney, MD  
01/22/2025
Assessment for Special Populations
Speaker-Annie Vernon-Cwik, LCSW
01/29/2025
Safety Planning & Lethal Means safety
Speaker-Samantha Allen, LCSW
02/05/2025
Medication Treatment
Speaker-Nathan Mitchell, PharmD
02/12/2025
Referral and Follow-Up
Speaker-Michelle Churchey Mims, LCPC
02/19/2025
Post-Acute Care and Transitions in Care
Speaker-Ellen Parker, MD

*The agenda is subject to change.

Online Webinar
Chicago, IL
United States
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
To learn more about the ECHO-Chicago curricula, visit our website.
 
ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact ECHO-Chicago via e-mail via at echo@peds.bsd.uchicago.edu.
 
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PLANNING COMMITTEE
  Nabil Abou Baker, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  



 
Daniel Johnson, MD  Daniel Johnson, MD
  Professor of Pediatrics
  Chief, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
  Vice Chair, Clinical Services


 
  Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Associate Director, Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy


 

  Kanika Mittal, MS
  Director of Operations, ECHO-Chicago
 


 
 
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all financial relationships with any ineligible companies. This includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. Financial relationships are relevant if a financial relationship, in any amount, exists between the person in control of content and an ineligible company during the past 24 months, and the content of the education is related to the products of an ineligible company with whom the person has a financial relationship. Mechanisms are in place to identify and mitigate any relevant financial relationships prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Participant Credit
Other participants will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board. 
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the activity ends. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
 
ECHO-Chicago
Registration: For more information about ECHO-Chicago, visit the program website below.

 
ECHO-CHICAGO WEBSITE
 

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