Virtual Knowledge Network “VKN” NIMHANS Digital Academy

Virtual Knowledge Network (VKN) NIMHANS Digital Academy, Bangalore : The objective of VKN NIMHANS ECHO is Capacity building with Co-ordinated Care for substance use and mental health. This is a collaboration between National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS),Bangalore and Project ECHO (Extension of Community Healthcare Outcome), University of New Mexico Health Science Centre, USA. During this weekly HUB and SPOKE model conducted through online mulitpoint video-conference tele-helath session, a community practitioner (spoke) presents a clinical case and being guided by the HUB (Centre for Addiction Medicine, NIMHANS) as well as own peer. The objective is that by repeated training the community practitioner will learn skill to provide the best treatment to his patient. Patient will also get benefited as he receives the best treatment from NIMHANS ECHO partners without travelling far places. Expert didactic topics are uploaded here. MOVE KNOWLEDGE: NOT PATIENT