Using simulation to train clinical providers in the effective use of telehealth

With the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth became a widely used method to provide patient care. Providers had to quickly learn how to adapt traditional clinical care to the virtual environment. The existing literature focuses on the technological aspects of telehealth with only a few public...

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Published in:Nutrition in clinical practice 2023-06, Vol.38 (3), p.520-530
Main Authors: Pfeil, Sheryl A., Shellhaas, Cynthia S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
clinical skills
Communication
COVID-19
education
Humans
Pandemics
simulation
Simulation Training
telehealth
Telemedicine
training
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Summary:With the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic, telehealth became a widely used method to provide patient care. Providers had to quickly learn how to adapt traditional clinical care to the virtual environment. The existing literature focuses on the technological aspects of telehealth with only a few publications addressing optimization of communication, with even fewer looking at the use of simulation to fill the knowledge gap in this area. Simulation training is one such avenue that can be used to practice virtual encounters. This review outlines how to effectively use simulation as an educational method to teach clinical skills needed for effective telehealth communication. The experiential nature of simulation provides learners with an opportunity to adapt their clinical skills to a telehealth encounter, and an opportunity to practice challenges unique to a telehealth environment, such as patient privacy, patient safety, technology disruption, and performance of an examination virtually. The goal of this review is to discuss how simulation may be used to train providers for best practices in telehealth.
ISSN:0884-5336
1941-2452
DOI:10.1002/ncp.10977