Medical students' and educators' opinions of teleconsultation in practice and undergraduate education: A UK-based mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As information and communication technology continues to shape the healthcare landscape, future medical practitioners need to be equipped with skills and competencies that ensure safe, high-quality, and person-centred healthcare in a digitised healthcare system. This study investigated undergraduate medical students' and medical educators' opinions of teleconsultation practice in general and their opinions of teleconsultation education.

Methods

This study used a cross-sectional, mixed-methods approach, utilising the additional coverage design to sequence and integrate qualitative and quantitative data. An online questionnaire was sent out to all medical schools in the UK, inviting undergraduate medical students and medical educators to participate. Questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Wetzlmair-Kephart LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11884699 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature