Feasibility of Tele-Training to Acquire Sublingual Microcirculatory Images

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent advances in device technology and image analysis software used to assess the sublingual microcirculation have expanded clinicians’ understanding of hemodynamics beyond assessments of blood pressure and end-organ function to provide unique insight into blood flow at the tissue level. Similarly, significant advances in virtual education and telemedicine have transpired recently, especially during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the training of clinicians to acquire microcirculation images continues to rely on in-person instruction, which can be limited by available local expertise and resources, as well as geographic access to instructors.

Objective

Our project aimed to test the feasibility of deploying an online curriculum in combina

SUBMITTER: Stankiewicz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132096 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature