Simulating Virtual Care: Integrating Telemedicine into Objective Structured Clinical Training
摘要
The COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed a dramatic transition toward virtual care, launching a “new normal” of telemedicine-based care for clinical practices, including training residents and medical students. As a result, telemedicine skills have become an important part of the medical learner’s foundational clinical skillset. Until very recently, telemedicine-specific skills required for successful video and phone encounters were not emphasized in undergraduate or graduate medical education (UME, GME). While didactic curricula and clinical telemedicine experiences currently exist in several medical schools [5, 8] and GME training programs [10, 22], telemedicine curricula and structured assessment tools are still in their infancy. In 2021, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) made an initial effort to address this critical need by developing telehealth training competencies to support curricular and professional development across the learning continuum and guide competency-based education (CBE) for telemedicine [6].