USA CON Long-Term and Acute Care Training to Promote Undergraduate Nurses’ Clinical Practice in Rural and Underserved Community Health Settings (LAUNCH) ECHO® Program
Attention Healthcare Providers – If your patients benefit from comprehensive integrated healthcare, from local people they know and trust, then the USA CON LAUNCH ECHO® program can provide you with interprofessional telementoring.
No cost to participate | Free continuing education credits available to eligible participants.
Mission
In response to national health professional shortages, Colleges of Nursing, Medicine, and Allied Health around the country have increased enrollment. Nursing students must emerge from nursing education programs adequately prepared to understand the importance of providing safe and equitable care across populations. Concurrently, there has been decreased clinical training opportunities due to increased health professional enrollments and ongoing staff shortages. The LAUNCH nurse training program addresses the need for an enhanced didactic curriculum and case-based active learning experiences related to culturally competent concepts for current students. Through the USA CON LAUNCH ECHO® program additional evidence-based education will be provided to nursing students, community nurses, and healthcare worker.
USA CON REEACH ECHO® Purpose
To bring healthcare professionals together in a virtual learning environment where collaboration and connection with subject matter experts will increase the nursing students and nursing preceptors’ community-based learning and collaboration to improve health using a comprehensive approach to provide culturally aligned care in rural and underserved communities through nurse-led interprofessional teams.
Our ECHO® programming consists of the following:
- A Zoom session (6 monthly sessions)
- A short lecture provided by subject matter experts
- A case scenario presentation and discussion
- Questions, discussion, and engagement with other providers and experts
Launch Date: March 26 2026
Session Dates
Year 2026
Monthly for 6 sessions
This USA CON REEACH ECHO® series will consist of six (6) sessions. All sessions are 90 minutes, from 2:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m., Central Time.
| Session | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Session 1 | March 26, 2026 | Case Management Part 1 |
| Session 2 | April 23, 2026 | Case Management Part 2 |
| Session 3 | June 25, 2026 | Case Management Panel |
| Session 4 | July 30, 2026 | Priority Healthcare Topic |
| Session 5 | September 24, 2026 | Priority Healthcare Topic |
| Session 6 | October 29, 2026 | Priority Healthcare Topic |
To Join
To join the USA CON REEACH ECHO®, please complete the Registration Forms. Upon completion you will be automatically registered for all six (6) interactive, ninety (90) minute Zoom sessions. We encourage you to join in all sessions but attendance at all sessions is not mandatory. Registration will remain open during the series period.
Project ECHO®: The University of South Alabama collects registration, participation, questions/answers, chat comments, and poll responses for ECHO® programs. Your individual data will be kept confidential. These data may be used for reports, maps, communications, surveys, quality assurance, evaluation, research, and to inform new initiatives.
Questions? Email us - USA CON REEACH ECHO® - at briley@southalabama.edu.
The USA CON REEACH ECHO® is funded by Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling approximately $3.9 million, with zero percentage financed by nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official view of nor an endorsement of HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. government.For additional information on the USA CON LAUNCH Nurse Training Program visit the web page TBD. The purpose of the LAUNCH Nurse Training Program is to increase the number and capacity of nursing students joining the nursing workforce who are prepared to address the health care needs of rural and underserved patient populations in acute and long-term care settings.