Telehealth Essentials

Clinical reasoning and examination

Video course

by Stephanie Camaglia Reznick, MD

Have you been asked to see patients virtually but feel that you lack the formal training to know how to obtain the information you need to provide the best care? This course will help you sharpen your history-taking and examination skills when assessing patients for HEENT, cardiopulmonary, abdominal, or musculoskeletal complaints virtually. Master this in-demand skill today.

1h 40m

5 Quizzes

2 CME

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After completing this course, you will be able to

Describe the benefits of telemedicine.
Discriminate between the different telemedicine modalities to determine which clinical skills will best optimize the use of the available modality.
Define and optimize webside manner (i.e., the online equivalent of bedside manner).
Set yourself and your patients up for successful virtual visits by acknowledging common pitfalls and avoiding them.
Adapt current history-taking skills to the virtual environment to optimize the information obtained during a virtual visit.
Adapt examination skills to optimize the information obtained during a virtual visit.
Maximize the available information during a virtual encounter to optimize medical decision-making.
Recognize and address the limitations of telemedicine.
Determine if and what higher levels of care the patient requires.
Prepare for potential emergencies that could arise in a virtual visit.
Differentiate between telehealth and telemedicine

What's inside

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Chapter 1

Tele-what?

This chapter introduces the terms telehealth and telemedicine and shares why mastering virtual care has become so important in today’s modern medical landscape.

4 lessons

11m

Tele-what? intro

Defining telehealth and telemedicine

Appreciating the benefits of telemedicine

Acknowledging the limitations of telemedicine

Tele-what? quiz

Quiz

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Chapter 2

Getting ready

In this chapter, you will learn what you should communicate to your patient and how to prepare yourself prior to your encounter to ensure a successful virtual visit.

6 lessons

16m

Getting ready intro

Exploring telemedicine modalities

Setting your patient up for success

Setting yourself up for success

Using good webside manner

Checking the fine print

Getting ready quiz

Quiz

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Chapter 3

The importance of history-taking

This chapter covers the importance of history-taking and specific questions to ask for HEENT, cardiopulmonary, abdominal, and musculoskeletal complaints during a virtual visit.

8 lessons

28m

The importance of history-taking intro

Adapting history-taking to telemedicine

Modifying history-taking by telemedicine modality

Taking a HEENT history

Taking a cardiopulmonary history

Identifying red flags in an abdominal history

Asking the right questions for an abdominal history

Taking a musculoskeletal history

The importance of history-taking quiz

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Chapter 4

Obtaining objective information

Optimize the amount of objective information you can gather from a patient during a HEENT, cardiopulmonary, abdominal, and musculoskeletal virtual examination.

7 lessons

26m

Obtaining objective information intro

Mastering the virtual physical examination

Gathering additional objective data

Performing a virtual HEENT assessment

Conducting a virtual cardiopulmonary examination

Carrying out a virtual abdominal examination

Assessing the musculoskeletal system virtually

Obtaining objective information quiz

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Chapter 5

Special situations in telemedicine

From the use of translation services to managing medical emergencies, this chapter discusses both common and unique situations that you may encounter while practicing telemedicine.

7 lessons

20m

Special situations in telemedicine intro

Using translation and intrepretation services

Managing physical emergencies virtually

Handling mental health emergencies virtually

Using fun gadgets

Monitoring patients remotely

Special situations in telemedicine quiz

Quiz

Telehealth Essentials outro

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Teachers of this course

Stephanie Camaglia Reznick, MD

Stephanie is the Clinical Lead of Product at MDLive and contributed to the development of the Virtual Primary Care Program for Oscar Medical Group, USA.

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Nora Drenaline

Clinical reasoning and examination

Claim your certificate

All members receive a certificate for completing this course. For Pro members, the certificate comes with 2 CME credits.

CME accredited

All our courses and workshops are fully CME accredited. We provide USA AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ and European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Pro members can download their CME certificates upon successful completion of activities. Want to transfer these credits to your national system? No problem.

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Award-winning teaching method

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2013
Highly commended by the British Medical Association
Awarded in the digital category of the BMA Book Awards—London 2017
Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal
For outstanding digital education—Berlin 2017
Internationally accredited
CME accredited in the USA and EU with mutual recognition agreements in most other countries.
Trusted institutional partner
Used by residency programs and universities around the world to train their clinicians and students.
Top-rated by our learners
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What’s in it for you?

Master the most important skills

Learn any skill in under 5 hours

Save time and money

After completing this course, you will be able to

What's inside

Tele-what?

Getting ready

The importance of history-taking

Obtaining objective information

Special situations in telemedicine

Claim your certificate

CME accredited

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Medal

Highly commended by the British Medical Association

Winner of the Comenius EduMedia Seal

Internationally accredited

Trusted institutional partner

Top-rated by our learners