Open AccessUsing Virtual Site Visits in the Clinical Evaluation of Nurse Practitioner Students
Author(s) -
Melodee Harris,
Sarah Rhoads,
Janet S Rooker,
Mary Alice Kelly,
Leanne Lefler,
S Lubin,
Isis L Martel,
Claudia J. Beverly
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nurse educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.661
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1538-9855
pISSN - 0363-3624
DOI - 10.1097/nne.0000000000000693
Subject(s) - telehealth , telemedicine , medical education , nurse practitioners , virtual patient , nursing , medline , medicine , psychology , health care , economics , economic growth , political science , law
The use of telehealth technology to conduct virtual site visits is an innovative strategy for evaluating the performance of nurse practitioner (NP) students in remote settings. Although there is an abundance of studies on telehealth for the remote monitoring and assessment of patients, there are limited data on its use for evaluating NP students during clinical learning experiences.