University of South Carolina College of Social Work, Columbia, SC, USA.
Future Psych Solutions, LLC, Columbia, Sc, USA.
J Interprof Care. 2022 Sep-Oct;36(5):643-650. doi: 10.1080/13561820.2021.1967896. Epub 2021 Sep 12.
Telehealth can be used to improve rural communities' access to specialized healthcare services and ameliorate rural care barriers. Use of telehealth quickly increased with the COVID-19 pandemic, and universities shifted to online instruction for the safety of students and faculty. This rapid uptake of telehealth and online instruction has created an urgent need for examples of online training for health professional students in telehealth. Participants for this study included 44 students enrolled in an interprofessional online mental health telehealth course and four health care professionals from rural clinics. Qualitative data were collected and analyzed from students and providers. Four primary themes were identified: student benefits from the IPE telehealth course, patient benefits, clinic benefits, and technological challenges. Student subthemes included learning skills needed for telehealth, improving team skills, learning about professional roles and responsibilities, and understanding rural health needs. Clinic benefits included improving telehealth readiness. This study presents an early example of online interprofessional mental health telehealth training using an academic-community partnership. Our pilot findings suggest that this course experience resulted in positive benefits for students and rural clinic providers.
远程医疗可用于改善农村社区获得专业医疗服务的机会，并减轻农村医疗障碍。随着 COVID-19 大流行，远程医疗的使用迅速增加，为了学生和教职员工的安全，大学转向了在线教学。远程医疗和在线教学的快速采用，迫切需要为远程医疗的卫生专业学生提供在线培训的范例。本研究的参与者包括参加跨专业在线心理健康远程医疗课程的 44 名学生和来自农村诊所的 4 名医疗保健专业人员。从学生和提供者那里收集和分析了定性数据。确定了四个主要主题：学生从 IPE 远程医疗课程中受益、患者受益、诊所受益和技术挑战。学生子主题包括学习远程医疗所需的技能、提高团队技能、了解专业角色和责任以及了解农村卫生需求。诊所的好处包括提高远程医疗准备就绪度。本研究展示了使用学术-社区伙伴关系进行在线跨专业心理健康远程医疗培训的早期范例。我们的试点研究结果表明，该课程为学生和农村诊所提供者带来了积极的益处。
