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authors: Tang, Celion; Klair, Anjeevan Kaur; Hussain, Amir
title: A shift in Clinical Learning Modalities—Telemedicine Training in UK Undergraduate Medical Students
date: 2021-01-09
journal: Med Sci Educ
DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-01200-y
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. Additionally, students were more comfortable utilizing telemedicine after taught about the laws and ethics revolving telehealth applications [6] .

In our own experiences, we found the demonstration of active listening with our body languages and eye contact was significantly limited, whereas verbal encouragements and summarizing were useful to build rapport remotely. Adapting to this digital form of patient interaction poses challenges especially considering undergraduate training has been primarily based on face-to-face encounters. As such, we believe that appropriate telehealth training is essential for medical students to familiarize and overcome the challenges in telecommunication discussed above. Although remote, it offers an alternative answer for face-to-face patient encounter communication training, not provided with the use of mannikins and without a concern for personal protective equipment (PPE).

In conclusion, this pandemic has called for a shift from the conventional delivery of clinical teachings. Some international medical schools had already implemented telemedicine training in their undergraduate curriculum [6] . Collaborative work between UK and overseas medical institutions would be beneficial to outline an effective telehealth training plan for UK medical students, that is in accordance to the available national guidelines on telehealth applications [3, 4, 7] .

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