Best Practices for Integrating Medical Students Into Telehealth Visits
Maria Wamsley, Laeesha N. Cornejo, Irina Kryzhanovskaya, Brian W Lin, Joseph Sullivan, Jordan Yoder, Tali Ziv
Abstract
Telehealth has become an increasingly important part of health care delivery, with a dramatic rise in telehealth visits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Telehealth visits will continue to be a part of care delivery after the pandemic subsides, and it is important that medical students receive training in telehealth skills to meet emerging telehealth competencies. This paper describes strategies for successfully integrating medical students into telehealth visits in the ambulatory setting based on existing literature and the extensive experience of the authors teaching and learning in the telehealth environment.
Topics & Concepts
TelehealthPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineHealth careHealth care deliveryMEDLINEMedical education2019-20 coronavirus outbreakTelemedicineNursingMedical emergencyPolitical scienceInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyDiseaseLawOutbreakVirologyTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationInnovations in Medical EducationEmpathy and Medical Education