The TeleHealth OSCE: Preparing Trainees to Use Telemedicine as a Tool for Transitions of Care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemedicine holds promise to bridge the transition of care between inpatient and outpatient settings. Despite this, the unique communication and technical skills required for virtual encounters are not routinely taught or practiced in graduate medical education (GME) programs.

Objective

To develop an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) case to assess residents' telemedicine-specific skills and identify potential gaps in our residency program's curriculum.

Methods

As part of a multi-station OSCE in 2019, we developed a case simulating a remote encounter between a resident and a recently discharged standardized patient. We developed an assessment tool comprising specific behaviors anchored to "not done," "partly done," and "well done" descriptor

SUBMITTER: Sartori DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7771608 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature