The Use of Telemedicine in Medical Education and Patient Care
Lana Al Shawwa
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated and expanded the adoption of telemedicine globally. This allowed telemedicine to engage medical students in patient care and ensured continuity of care for vulnerable patients. In this review, the history of telemedicine and some of its applications in medical education were reviewed. Furthermore, we also shed light on how to incorporate telemedicine into several curricula and the strategies used to include it. The article also explored how to evaluate telemedicine and the major facilitators and barriers any medical and educational institution must address when using telemedicine. At the end of the review, we explored the future promises telemedicine has for medical education.
Topics & Concepts
TelemedicineMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicCurriculumMedical emergencyMedical educationNursingHealth carePathologyEconomic growthInfectious disease (medical specialty)PsychologyDiseasePedagogyEconomicsTelemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationRadiology practices and education