Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency Medicine
OBJECTIVES Virtual care (VC) is increasingly becoming a part of emergency medicine (EM) physician workflows, yet no formal digital health curricula exist within Canadian EM training programs. The objective was to design and pilot a VC elective rotation for EM residents to help address this gap and b...
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| description | OBJECTIVES Virtual care (VC) is increasingly becoming a part of emergency medicine (EM) physician workflows, yet no formal digital health curricula exist within Canadian EM training programs. The objective was to design and pilot a VC elective rotation for EM residents to help address this gap and better prepare them for future VC practice. METHODS The current work describes the design and implementation of a 4-week VC elective rotation for EM residents. The rotation consisted of VC shifts, medical transport shifts, one-on-one discussions with various stakeholders, weekly thematic articles, and a final project deliverable. RESULTS The rotation was well received by all stakeholders, and the quality of feedback and one-on-one teaching were highlighted as strengths. Future work will consider the optimal delivery timing of this type of curricula, whether all EM residents should receive basic training in VC, and how our current findings may be generalizable to other VC sites. CONCLUSION A formal digital health curriculum for EM residents supports competency development for delivering VC as part of future EM practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81fc81abcdf84be49d05a5a299a482202023-05-02T09:46:33ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Medical Education and Curricular Development2382-12052023-05-011010.1177/23821205231165183Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency MedicineJustin N Hall0Lorne L Costello1 Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, , Toronto, Canada Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, , Toronto, CanadaOBJECTIVES Virtual care (VC) is increasingly becoming a part of emergency medicine (EM) physician workflows, yet no formal digital health curricula exist within Canadian EM training programs. The objective was to design and pilot a VC elective rotation for EM residents to help address this gap and better prepare them for future VC practice. METHODS The current work describes the design and implementation of a 4-week VC elective rotation for EM residents. The rotation consisted of VC shifts, medical transport shifts, one-on-one discussions with various stakeholders, weekly thematic articles, and a final project deliverable. RESULTS The rotation was well received by all stakeholders, and the quality of feedback and one-on-one teaching were highlighted as strengths. Future work will consider the optimal delivery timing of this type of curricula, whether all EM residents should receive basic training in VC, and how our current findings may be generalizable to other VC sites. CONCLUSION A formal digital health curriculum for EM residents supports competency development for delivering VC as part of future EM practice.https://doi.org/10.1177/23821205231165183 |
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| title | Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency Medicine |
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| title_fullStr | Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency Medicine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency Medicine |
| title_short | Training Residents for the Future: A Virtual Care Rotation for Emergency Medicine |
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