Identification of Gaps in Graduate Medical Education Telehealth Training

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.276

Keywords:

telemedicine, education

Abstract

Objective

To identify, describe, and address gaps in telehealth training at the graduate medical education level

Materials and Methods

We designed a 12-question survey to capture the telehealth experiences and educational opportunities for residents and fellows in the Minneapolis/St Paul, MN region.

Results

There were 213 responses from 51 different specialties across 7 levels of training (PGY1-7). 66% had previously completed a telehealth visit, 89% stated that they had not performed any telehealth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and only 15% of respondents had any formal telehealth training.

Conclusions & Recommendations

While telehealth volumes have seen exponential increases, training on how to effectively and efficiently carry out telehealth visits for medical trainees at the GME level has remained relatively stagnant or even non-existent. We provide examples of specialty-specific telehealth competencies, and hope that improving telehealth training quality will ultimately expand access, improve outcomes of chronic disease management and strengthen the patient-provider relationship across all specialties.

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Published

2021-07-30

How to Cite

Sakumoto, M., Jelinek, R., & Joshi, A. (2021). Identification of Gaps in Graduate Medical Education Telehealth Training. Telehealth and Medicine Today, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.30953/tmt.v6.276

Issue

Volume 6, Issue 3, 2021

Section

Opinions, Perspectives, Commentary

License

Copyright (c) 2021 Matthew Sakumoto, Ryan Jelinek, Aditi Joshi

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Authors retain copyright of their work, with first publication rights granted to  Telehealth and Medicine Today (TMT).

TMT is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. 

 

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