Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world.
Educ Prim Care
; 32(4): 237-244, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1177213
ABSTRACT
Medical students are considered as 'essential workers' within the National Health Service (NHS) and the delivery of clinical experience is essential to their learning and progression into the workforce. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted the delivery of clinical placements in primary care; GPs are currently delivering the majority of consultations using telephone or video methods and difficulties in attaining placement experience are being encountered by medical students. Virtual remote consultations are an appropriate adjunct to conventional face-to-face patient encounters and could facilitate students to attain core learning outcomes. This article describes some of the approaches that enable remote (home) virtual patient encounters in Primary Care for medical students. These are categorised as methods that a) enable remote access into GP clinical systems, b) enable remote access into individual patient consultations and c) enable an observational-only experience. Key considerations are highlighted to enable safe and effective implementation of remote virtual consultations, along with the advantages and disadvantages of each method. These include patient consent, confidentiality, data sharing and protection, professionalism, student agreements and data gathering templates. It is hoped that sharing of these methods of virtual consulting will support the ongoing delivery of Primary Care education across medical schools.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Remote Consultation
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General Practice
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Educ Prim Care
Journal subject:
Education
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
14739879.2021.1907790
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