Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.
J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep;37(12):3168-3173. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07564-8. Epub 2022 Apr 26.
Telehealth visits have become an integral model of healthcare delivery since the COVID-19 pandemic. This rapid expansion of telehealthcare delivery has forced faculty development and trainee education in telehealth to occur simultaneously. In response, academic medical institutions have quickly implemented clinical training to teach digital health skills to providers across the medical education continuum. Yet, learners of all levels must still receive continual assessment and feedback on their skills to align with the telehealth competencies and milestones set forth by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). This paper discusses key educational needs and emerging areas for faculty development in telehealth teaching and assessment of telehealth competencies. It proposes strategies for the successful integration of the AAMC telehealth competencies and ACGME milestones into medical education, including skills in communication, data gathering, and patient safety with appropriate telehealth use. Direct observation tools in the paper offer educators novel instruments to assess telehealth competencies in medical students, residents, and peer faculty. The integration of AAMC and ACGME telehealth competencies and the new assessment tools in this paper provide a unique perspective to advance clinical practice and teaching skills in telehealthcare delivery.
自 COVID-19 大流行以来,远程医疗访问已成为医疗保健服务的一个不可或缺的模式。远程医疗服务的快速扩展迫使远程医疗领域的教师发展和学员教育同时进行。为此,学术医疗机构迅速实施了临床培训,向整个医学教育连续体中的医疗保健提供者传授数字健康技能。然而,各级学习者仍必须继续接受其技能的持续评估和反馈,以符合美国医学协会 (AAMC) 和研究生医学教育认证委员会 (ACGME) 规定的远程医疗能力和里程碑。本文讨论了远程医疗教学和远程医疗能力评估中教师发展的关键教育需求和新兴领域。它提出了将 AAMC 远程医疗能力和 ACGME 里程碑成功融入医学教育的策略,包括在适当使用远程医疗时的沟通、数据收集和患者安全方面的技能。本文中的直接观察工具为教育工作者提供了评估医学生、住院医师和同行教师远程医疗能力的新工具。本文整合了 AAMC 和 ACGME 的远程医疗能力以及新的评估工具,为远程医疗服务的临床实践和教学技能提供了独特的视角。