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Telehealth Curricula in the Pediatric Core Clerkship: Results From a Survey of Clerkship Directors

Objective: Given the increasing prevalence of telehealth, medical students require dedicated instruction in the practice of high-quality telehealth. This study characterizes telehealth practices and curricula in pediatric core clerkships across the United States and Canada. Methods: We surveyed pedi...

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Autores principales: Kumra, Tina, Amundsen, Danielle B, Mullins, Alexa, Hindman, Daniel J, Hughes, Helen K, Pahwa, Amit K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276772/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37337508
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39200
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author Kumra, Tina
Amundsen, Danielle B
Mullins, Alexa
Hindman, Daniel J
Hughes, Helen K
Pahwa, Amit K
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Amundsen, Danielle B
Mullins, Alexa
Hindman, Daniel J
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Pahwa, Amit K
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description Objective: Given the increasing prevalence of telehealth, medical students require dedicated instruction in the practice of high-quality telehealth. This study characterizes telehealth practices and curricula in pediatric core clerkships across the United States and Canada. Methods: We surveyed pediatric core clerkship directors and site directors through the 2020 Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) annual member survey. We analyzed the results using descriptive statistics. Results: Of 104 medical schools represented, 28 responded (26.9%). Directors reported students spent little time on telehealth during their pediatric core clerkships (average 8.2% of clerkship; SD 10.4). Only 10.7% (n=3) of clerkships had dedicated telehealth curricula. The instructional methods, content, and modes of evaluation varied across the clerkships’ curricula. Barriers to implementation of telehealth curricula included lack of dedicated time in the existing curriculum (64.0%), lack of faculty time to teach (44.0%), lack of curricular materials (44.0%), students not participating in telehealth activities (40.0%) and lack of faculty expertise (36.0%). Conclusions: Most pediatric core clerkships do not include dedicated telehealth curricula, and the characteristics of existing curricula vary. Considering the rapid adoption of telemedicine, pediatric core clerkships merit additional support and guidance for the training of medical students in telehealth practice.
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spelling pubmed-102767722023-06-19 Telehealth Curricula in the Pediatric Core Clerkship: Results From a Survey of Clerkship Directors Kumra, Tina Amundsen, Danielle B Mullins, Alexa Hindman, Daniel J Hughes, Helen K Pahwa, Amit K Cureus Medical Education Objective: Given the increasing prevalence of telehealth, medical students require dedicated instruction in the practice of high-quality telehealth. This study characterizes telehealth practices and curricula in pediatric core clerkships across the United States and Canada. Methods: We surveyed pediatric core clerkship directors and site directors through the 2020 Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics (COMSEP) annual member survey. We analyzed the results using descriptive statistics. Results: Of 104 medical schools represented, 28 responded (26.9%). Directors reported students spent little time on telehealth during their pediatric core clerkships (average 8.2% of clerkship; SD 10.4). Only 10.7% (n=3) of clerkships had dedicated telehealth curricula. The instructional methods, content, and modes of evaluation varied across the clerkships’ curricula. Barriers to implementation of telehealth curricula included lack of dedicated time in the existing curriculum (64.0%), lack of faculty time to teach (44.0%), lack of curricular materials (44.0%), students not participating in telehealth activities (40.0%) and lack of faculty expertise (36.0%). Conclusions: Most pediatric core clerkships do not include dedicated telehealth curricula, and the characteristics of existing curricula vary. Considering the rapid adoption of telemedicine, pediatric core clerkships merit additional support and guidance for the training of medical students in telehealth practice. Cureus 2023-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10276772/ /pubmed/37337508 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39200 Text en Copyright © 2023, Kumra et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mullins, Alexa
Hindman, Daniel J
Hughes, Helen K
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Telehealth Curricula in the Pediatric Core Clerkship: Results From a Survey of Clerkship Directors
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title_short Telehealth Curricula in the Pediatric Core Clerkship: Results From a Survey of Clerkship Directors
title_sort telehealth curricula in the pediatric core clerkship: results from a survey of clerkship directors
topic Medical Education
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10276772/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39200
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