2022 MERC Report
The following reflect the first year of MERC’s program accomplishments, educational reach, and resources produced.
Program Overview
- Total program attendance: 2,810
- 2,456 unique medical professionals reached
- Specialties reached:
- Cardiology, Contact Tracers, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Home Health, Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Rheumatology, Skilled Nursing
- Attendee credentials:
- APRN, BS, BSc.P.T, BSN, CCDS, CCFP, CCRC, CNM, CPEN, CSP, DNP, DO, DPT, FCFP, FNP-BC, FNP-C, J.D., LCSW, MD, MA, MB, MCh BAO, MBA, MS,MSBI, MD-PASP, MHL, MPA, MPH, MSc, MSN, MT (ASCP), NCSN, NP-C, PA, PA MPAS, PA-C, PhD, PMP, PT, RN
- Attendee location:
- AK, AZ, CA, Canada, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, MA, MI, MN, MO, MT, Norway, NM, NY, NV, OR, SC, TN, United Kingdom, UT, WY
- Attendee position titles:
- Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Treatment Services, Care Coordinator, CCRC, Clinical Educator, Clinical Research Manager, CNO, CMO, CEO, Clinical Professor, CRO, Director, Director of Nursing, Director of Performance Improvement, District Nurse, Emergency Room Nurse, Executive Director, Faculty Physician, Family Physician, Health Equity Consultant, ICU Director, Internal Medicine Resident, Laboratory Manager, Law Student, Neuropsychology Technician, Medical Assistant, Physician, Neuropsychology Assistant Professor, Nurse Practitioner, OccMed, Nurse Residency Program Manager, Physical Therapist, Pacemaker Rep, Pediatric Cardiologist, Patient Care Coordinator, Pediatric Hospitalist, School Nurse, School Wellness Specialist, School Public Health Nurse, Senior Physician/Professor of Medicine, TeleICU Nurse, Therapist, Trauma Program Manager
- Long COVID & Post-Viral Syndrome ECHO (University of Utah Health)
- 17 ECHO sessions
- Averaged 28 people per session
- Attendance sum: 478
- 124 unique attendees
- 49 people attended only one session
- 75 joined more than one session
- Average of five sessions attended
- 124 unique attendees
- MERC Outlets
- Fourteen different medical education outlets, which included national and international audiences.
- Two different ECHO programs
- Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program (CDC funded collaborative)
- MERC-led Long COVID & Post-Viral Syndromes (University of Utah Health)
- Secured two new enduring continuing medical education (CME) and renewed two other enduring lectures accredited through 2025.
- Long COVID & Post-Viral Syndromes
- Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM)
- Renewed: Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/CFS now called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis or ME/CFS
- Renewed: Uniting Compassion, Attention, and Innovation to treat ME/CFS
- Lecture topics delivered by BHC providers:
- Lingering Consequences of COVID-19: Post-Viral Syndromes
- Long COVID, ME/CFS, Comorbid Conditions
- Mast Cell Activation Syndrome
- Orthostatic Intolerance Syndrome
- Recognizing Chronic Post-Viral Innless and Tools for Management
- Post-Exertional Malaise
- History of ME/CFS
- Long COVID & Post-Viral Syndromes
- COVID Long Haulers Symptomatology and ME/CFS
- Anxiety and PTSD
- Chronic Pain
- Headaches
- Lecture topics directed under MERC program:
- Post-Acute COVID-19
- Post-viral Sleep Disturbances and Dysregulation
- Neuropsychological Symptoms in Post-COVID Conditions
- Post-viral Presentation in Pediatric Patients
- Post-viral Gastrointestinal Disruptions & Dysfunction
- COVID-19 and Gynecologic Health
- What Pathological Changes May Cause the Symptoms of Long COVID?
- Hypermobility, CCI, Tethered Cord
- Medical rotations, professional training, and telementoring:
- Mayo Clinic residency rotation
- Primary Children’s Hospital
- University of Utah Health College of Nursing’s doctorate of nurse practitioner program residency rotations
- Multidisciplinary clinic and hospital clinical rounds/telementoring
- Disciplines include cardiology, electrophysiology, internal medicine, neurology, physical therapy, rheumatology.
- Types of providers: DPT, FNPs/RNP, MDs, PAs
- 2022 Medical Education Assets (many double as patient education)
- ER and Urgent Care Medical Considerations
- Good Day/Bad Day Questionnaire
- Updated: OI Education Handout
- Updated: Information for Healthcare Providers handout
- Health Assessment Worksheet
- Crash Communication Cards
- Provider and Medication Tracking Forms
- Healthcare Professional Continuing Medical Education (CME) handout
- Shortlist of Tools for Care Management
- ME/CFS Crash Survival Guidebook
- 74,272 views
- Education director co-authored a journal article with colleagues from the NIH Community Advisory Committee to provide mental health professionals (MHPs) with a framework for treating long COVID patients using knowledge derived from three decades of research on ME/CFS.
- National and International Partnerships:
- Bateman and Yellman are now members of international Doctors with ME group, affording increased collaboration and partnership/reach.
- Tahlia serves as a member on the ICanCME’s Working Group 7 which has presented to the NIH, CRC Network, and developed/is disseminating a Canadian-wide medical professional needs assessment (the first of its kind for ME/CFS).
- Tahlia and Angela serve on the NIH funded Collaborative Research Center’s Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
- Lucinda Bateman serves as expert panelist and guest speaker for CDC-funded Long COVID & Fatiguing Illness Recovery Program ECHO
- Lucinda Bateman serves on the Clinical Trials Advisory Committee with the RECOVER initiative.