Clinical placements in General Practice: concepts and considerations of implementing remote virtual placements in the COVID world

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.PMID:33843454 | DOI:10.1080/14739879.2021.1907790

Source: Primary Care - April 12, 2021 Category: Primary Care Authors: Jaspal Taggar Runa Saha Paula Hopwood-Carr Bakula Patel Christine Johnson Source Type: research