Building Telemedicine Capacity for Trainees During the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak: a Case Study and Lessons Learned.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hospital and ambulatory care systems are rapidly building their virtual care capacity in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The use of resident trainees in telemedicine is one area of potential development and expansion. To date, however, training opportunities in this field have been limited, and residents may not be adequately prepared to provide high-quality telemedicine care.

Aim

This study evaluates the impact of an adapted telemedicine Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) on telemedicine-specific training competencies of residents.

Setting

Primary Care Internal Medicine residents at a large urban academic hospital.

Program description

In March 2020, the New York University Grossman School of Medicine Primary Ca

SUBMITTER: Lawrence K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7343380 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature