Focal Points of Mastering Telemedicine

With telehealth seeing a boost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and expected to continue to grow in the future, what do healthcare professionals need to know to successfully work with this format? 

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Since the start of the pandemic, many healthcare providers have found themselves in the need to switch to telecare. However, this shift to remote demands new skills and a novel perception of how care is delivered. Writing for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), Kimberly Noel, MD, MPH, addresses this gap with several first-hand recommendations. According to Dr Noel, “physicians need to know when [telehealth] use is and is not appropriate. The medical community therefore has a duty to intensify its commitment to telehealth training”. 

She lists the following essential skills and refers anyone interested to the AAMC’s new report, Telehealth Competencies Across the Learning Continuum.