Data suggest that as many as one in 10 Coloradans have experienced long COVID, and that brain fog and cognitive impairment are present in about 25 percent of patients who recover from COVID infections. Understanding the epidemiology, pathophysiology, medical interventions and self-management methods for treating and managing these conditions is becoming increasingly important in clinical practice.

The Long COVID and Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program (LC&FIRP) has created this online course to provide current information on what brain fog is, the reasons that it occurs after a COIVD-19 infection, and to identify methods that can be used by primary care providers and patients to manage symptoms associated with brain fog.

LC&FIRP’s asynchronous courses are CDC-funded learning sessions intended to rapidly disseminate Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) findings and emerging best practices. The curriculum for this stand-alone course was derived from research and recent didactic presentations held during LC&FIRP live ECHO sessions and led by subject matter experts. 

New for this course: CME and CNPD credit are offered!

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The Newcomer Health ECHO series is designed to increase medical providers’ knowledge of the resettlement and health issues of newcomers, including refugee, immigrant and migrant (RIM) populations. The series reviews resettlement pathways, evidence-based screening recommendations, and more common diagnoses and treatment approaches for pediatric and adult populations.

This ECHO series arose from a Center of Excellence on Newcomer Health working group that is funded by the CDC. Today there are more than 500 registrants and more than 150 have attended each monthly session. Participants are joining from across the country.

“With the influx of Afghan arrivals starting last October, we wanted to increase knowledge of newcomer and refugee care to primary care providers who may not have experience caring for this population. We designed the ECHO to reach this audience since many may be seeing newcomers for the first time,” said Jessica Deffler, Family Medicine Physician and Medical Director of the Wyss Wellness Center in Philadelphia. “We hope that this allows providers to feel more comfortable taking care of new arrivals by building medical knowledge as well as cultural competence.”

Speakers from the community are invited to share insight into the culture, health beliefs and attitudes toward health care of RIM communities. “This has been helpful for providers to develop sensitive approaches to counseling and to know where there may be opportunities for education,” said Deffler.

The next Newcomer Health session – Ukrainian Health Considerations – will be held January 31. Click here to register.

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