This website has been maintained by SERN through a cooperative agreement funded by HRSA. Funding for this project has been discontinued, and thus this website will be ending on 5/31/24.
Some website content will be available in other locations, to be announced.
Workforce Education & Training
The focus of SERN’s Workforce Education and Training component is to provide genetic providers, public health officials, primary care providers (PCPs), and other non-genetic professionals with resources to increase their knowledge about genetics and apply that knowledge to improve genetic health outcomes for their patients.
Project ECHO
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) was developed by Dr. Sanjeev Arora at the University of New Mexico to reduce health disparities in medically underserved areas and populations. ECHO is a telementoring program that is an all-teach-all-learn model where participants are able to learn from one another and apply their knowledge to their practice.
There are several ECHO models related to genetics in the region:
If you are interested in learning more about these ECHO clinics, please contact us.