DIS Project ECHO Archive
DIS Project ECHO Recordings
Recorded sessions are not eligible for credit. Only live sessions are approved.
These sessions cover a wide range of public health and disease intervention topics. Below are all of our past DIS ECHO recorded sessions.
Partner Notification
March 13, 2024
Our objectives during this session are to understand your role as it concerns an index case with an STI or HIV, gain skills to elicit partner information from an index case, understand the principles of partner notification, establish protocols and a process for partner notification and gain skills and build resources for locating hard to find people.
Presenter: Casey Saul, DIS, and Stacie Pannell, RN, BSN
Interviewing an Index Case
February 22, 2024
During this session, Christi discusses conducting an STI interview, how to elicit partner information, and how to provide education regarding treatment and prevention.
Presenter: Christi Lorang, RN, BSN
Empowering Communities: Unveiling the Core Mission of Public Health Nursing and the Disease Intervention Specialist
February 8, 2024
During this session, Stacie defines the nurse and Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) role in infectious disease control, describes the process of investigating reportable communicable diseases, and discusses legal and ethical issues affecting contagious disease and infection control.
Presenter: Stacie Pannell, RN, BSN
Invasive Group A Strep
January 25, 2024
Jessica and Erika discussed Invasive Group A Strep during this session and how public health should respond.
Presenters: Jessica Lopeman, RN MT DPHHS, and Erika Baldry, MPH MT DPHHS
Streptococcus Pneumoniae
January 11, 2024
In this DIS ECHO, Jessica will go over illnesses caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae, the difference between invasive and non-invasive disease, correctly use case definition to classify cases of invasive pneumococcal disease, and the new process for cases < 5 years old.
Presenter: Jessica Lopeman, RN with MT DPHHS CDEpi
Hepatitis C
December 14, 2023
During this session, Helen goes over the brief epidemiology of HCV in MT, testing algorithm, case definition, disease investigation, and MIDIS tips.
Presented by Helen McCaffrey, MPH Epidemiologist, MT DPHHS
Healthcare Worker Resilience: Strategies to Minimize Burnout and Enhance Wellness
November 9, 2023
During this session, Kate discusses strategies to minimize burnout and enhance wellness and resilience. She gives several tools to add to your toolbox.
Presenter: Kate Chapin, MSW
HIV Partner Services
October 26, 2023
During this session, Lauren explained the goals and principles of partner services, how to foster relationships with patients and clients, challenges, legality, and Ethics and Investigative Measures. She also presented a case.
Presenter: Lauren Parri, DIS, Gallatin County
Grants, Where to Find Them, and How to Write Them
October 12, 2023
During this session, Mary discussed how to decipher types of funding, assess readiness to apply, identify strategies for writing a successful grant application, the anatomy of an RFP, essential elements of a grant proposal, and where to search for funding opportunities.
Presenter: Mary Collins, MSW
Cultural Competency for Healthcare Workers in Relation to Indigenous People of Montana
September 14, 2023
During this session, Charlene discussed the history of the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP), what is the MMIP Movement, and observations.
Presenter: Charlene Sleeper
Health Equity among LGBTQ+ Community Part 2
August 24, 2023
After this session, attendees should be able to recall the determinants of health and issues contributing to the health disparities among the LGBTQ+ communities, define health equity, identify components that lead to stigma and discrimination, and identify critical points in building an LGBTQ+ friendly healthcare environment.
Presenter: Neil Ku, MD, FIDSA
Communicable Disease Case Creation: A Step-by-Step Guide
August 10, 2023
After this session, attendees should be able to locate resources to determine if a disease is reportable, take steps to identify duplicate MIDIS profiles, determine jurisdiction, create/update case status, understand the importance of investigation information, create notifications, recognize particular circumstances and how to deal with those.
Presenters: Hannah Tougas, RN, BSN, and Stacie Pannell, RN, BSN
Health Equity among LGBTQ+ Community
July 27, 2023
During this session, Dr. Ku discusses defining health disparity, identifying the various social and economic factors contributing to the health disparity in the LGBTQ+ community, the impact of laws on the health disparity of the LGBTQ+ community, defining and stating the role of a syndemic in health disparity of the LGBTQ+ community.
Presenter: Neil Ku, MD, FIDSA
HIV Risk Reduction/PrEP
July 13, 2023
During this session, Jace discusses building trust with inclusive language, redefining terminology, and point-of-care testing examples.
Presenter: Jace Dyckman, CPH
State Resources
June 22, 2023
Presenters: Panel from Montana DPHHS
Tuberculosis in MIDIS, Interpret Labs, Information to Gather, and Case Definitions
June 8, 2023
During this session, Melissa goes over the difference between active and latent tuberculosis, surveillance case definitions for active and latent TB, how to identify TB labs in MIDIS, what information to gather to begin investigations, and what resources to use during investigations.
Presenter: Melissa Snyder, RN, BSN
Syphilis Treatment
May 25, 2023
During this session, Hannah discusses how to find treatment guidelines for syphilis by stage and population, states the role of the DIS/PHN in syphilis cases, states how treatment should be documented in MIDIS, and provides one method for tracking cases needing multiple doses of Bicillin.
Presenter: Hannah Tougas, RN, BSN
Congenital Syphilis
May 11, 2023
During this session, Cara goes over case definitions for congenital syphilis, the definition of adequate treatment, and congenital syphilis case record form and instructions.
Presenter: Cara Murulo, STD Program and Surveillance Coordinator, MT DPHHS
Syphilis – Interpretation of labs in MIDIS, Initial Steps
April 27, 2023
During this session, Stacie goes over differentiating between treponemal and non-treponemal syphilis lab results, how to begin a syphilis investigation in MIDIS, and staging syphilis investigations in MIDIS.
Presenter: Stacie Pannell, RN, BSN
Introduction to Communicable Disease: Public Health Law
April 13, 2023
During this session, Helen goes over recognizing the differences between MT statutes and rules related to public health, understanding the powers and duties of public health officials, evaluating how statutes and regulations apply to confidentiality and release of information, and identifying tools for enforcement of public health law.
Presenter: Helen McCaffrey, MPH Epidemiologist, MT DPHHS
Introduction to ECHO Format/Model
March 23, 2023
During this didactic, we introduced the Project ECHO Format/Model, its origin, and how ECHO benefits Montana.
Presenters: Hannah Tougas, RN, BSN, and Stacie Pannell, RN, BSN