Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison
Introduction: Telemedicine is a significant component of healthcare in most disciplines, giving great importance to the education of young physicians in this field. However, the topic of telemedicine has not yet been implemented in medical schools' curricula.This paper makes an important contri...
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| description | Introduction: Telemedicine is a significant component of healthcare in most disciplines, giving great importance to the education of young physicians in this field. However, the topic of telemedicine has not yet been implemented in medical schools' curricula.This paper makes an important contribution to closing this gap by designing, implementing and evaluating a course with telemedical components. Using the example of a clinical traineeship preparation course, we investigated the extent to which integrated telemedical modules can contribute to the subjective confidence of students with regard to knowledge and confidence in performing practical telemedical skills, such as doctor-patient communication, taking medical histories, and applying handover techniques.Project description: The course evaluation was descriptive. Subjective confidence in clinical telemedicine skills was assessed before and after completion of the course using an online questionnaire and calculated in a pre-post design using Wilcoxon's signed-rank test.Results: The course was rated “very good” (31%) and “good” (54.2%) by the vast majority of students. The results of the Wilcoxon test show significant increases in students' feelings of confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills for all items.Discussion: This study shows that telemedicine modules integrated in a digital preparatory course contribute positively to students' subjective confidence in terms of knowledge and confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills. Specifically, this paper illustrates that professional digital doctor-patient communication, digital documentation of a medical history, and handoff techniques can be learned through telemedicine course content.Conclusion: Telemedicine modules increase students' subjective confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills. Practical telemedicine course content can thus reduce uncertainty in the use of telemedicine and prepare future physicians for its use. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4c90a7ce7844f01b5e57aace21487b92022-12-22T02:03:56ZdeuGerman Medical Science GMS Publishing HouseGMS Journal for Medical Education2366-50172022-09-01394Doc4610.3205/zma001567Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparisonVogt, Lina0Schmidt, Michelle1Follmann, Andreas2Lenes, Andrea3Klasen, Martin4Sopka, Saša5RWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, AIXTRA - Kompetenzzentrum für Training und Patientensicherheit, Aachen, GermanyRWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, AIXTRA - Kompetenzzentrum für Training und Patientensicherheit, Aachen, GermanyRWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Aachen, GermanyRWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, AIXTRA - Kompetenzzentrum für Training und Patientensicherheit, Aachen, GermanyRWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, AIXTRA - Kompetenzzentrum für Training und Patientensicherheit, Aachen, GermanyRWTH Aachen, Medizinische Fakultät, AIXTRA - Kompetenzzentrum für Training und Patientensicherheit, Aachen, GermanyIntroduction: Telemedicine is a significant component of healthcare in most disciplines, giving great importance to the education of young physicians in this field. However, the topic of telemedicine has not yet been implemented in medical schools' curricula.This paper makes an important contribution to closing this gap by designing, implementing and evaluating a course with telemedical components. Using the example of a clinical traineeship preparation course, we investigated the extent to which integrated telemedical modules can contribute to the subjective confidence of students with regard to knowledge and confidence in performing practical telemedical skills, such as doctor-patient communication, taking medical histories, and applying handover techniques.Project description: The course evaluation was descriptive. Subjective confidence in clinical telemedicine skills was assessed before and after completion of the course using an online questionnaire and calculated in a pre-post design using Wilcoxon's signed-rank test.Results: The course was rated “very good” (31%) and “good” (54.2%) by the vast majority of students. The results of the Wilcoxon test show significant increases in students' feelings of confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills for all items.Discussion: This study shows that telemedicine modules integrated in a digital preparatory course contribute positively to students' subjective confidence in terms of knowledge and confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills. Specifically, this paper illustrates that professional digital doctor-patient communication, digital documentation of a medical history, and handoff techniques can be learned through telemedicine course content.Conclusion: Telemedicine modules increase students' subjective confidence in performing practical telemedicine skills. Practical telemedicine course content can thus reduce uncertainty in the use of telemedicine and prepare future physicians for its use.http://www.egms.de/static/en/journals/zma/2022-39/zma001567.shtmltelemedicineclinical traineeship preparation coursedigitalization of educationmedical education |
| spellingShingle | Vogt, Lina Schmidt, Michelle Follmann, Andreas Lenes, Andrea Klasen, Martin Sopka, Saša Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison GMS Journal for Medical Education telemedicine clinical traineeship preparation course digitalization of education medical education |
| title | Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison |
| title_full | Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison |
| title_fullStr | Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison |
| title_short | Telemedicine in medical education: An example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship – a pre-post comparison |
| title_sort | telemedicine in medical education an example of a digital preparatory course for the clinical traineeship a pre post comparison |
| topic | telemedicine clinical traineeship preparation course digitalization of education medical education |
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