HOW TO Prepare The Future Generation of Physicians

As patients are becoming the point-of-care, the doctor-patient relationship has started to shift towards an equal-level partnership, and digital technology plays a more and more critical role in healthcare, it is of utmost importance to prepare the future generation of physicians what they could expect during their future career. As part of our From Chance To Choice campaign, here, we set out the principles of how to educate medical students. Brace yourself, doctor, digital health is coming! The advancement of digital technologies, IT and the appearance of the internet with social media channels set profound changes in healthcare in motion. The high walls of the ivory tower of medicine started to crumble: vast sources of knowledge became available for anyone online, and social media channels have connected patients of many backgrounds with similar symptoms. The power of online communities, as well as empowered patients, appeared, pushing for a more equal-level doctor-patient relationship. As patients are more informed and more inclined to ask questions, they need a different type of rapport with their doctors as before. As digital health technologies are developing at an incredible speed, a general trend emerged to produce more and more miniaturized, digitized and connected medical devices for personal use. Telemedicine, portable diagnostics, medical drones or 3D printing push patients to become the point-of-care: to be able to measure their vital signs at home or wherever th...
Source: The Medical Futurist - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Medical Education digital digital health future future of education Healthcare med school med student MedEd medical curriculum Source Type: blogs