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Telemedical Education: Training Digital Natives in Telemedicine

Author(s) -

Akhilesh S Pathipati,

Tej D. Azad,

Kamal Jethwani

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of medical internet research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.446

H-Index - 142

eISSN - 1439-4456

pISSN - 1438-8871

DOI - 10.2196/jmir.5534

Subject(s) - telemedicine , leverage (statistics) , curriculum , multimedia , medical education , computer science , digital native , health care , medicine , psychology , world wide web , artificial intelligence , pedagogy , economics , economic growth

Telemedicine plays an important role in the delivery of medical care, and will become increasingly prominent going forward. Current medical students are among the first generation of “digital natives” who are well versed in the incorporation of technology into social interaction. These students are well positioned to apply advances in communications to patient care. Even so, providers require training to effectively leverage these opportunities. Therefore, we recommend introducing telemedicine training into medical school curricula and propose a model for incorporation.

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