PMC:7537090 / 98-3140 JSONTXT 7 Projects

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Id Subject Object Predicate Lexical cue
T3 0-32 Sentence denotes 1 WHAT PROBLEMS WERE ADDRESSED?
T4 33-129 Sentence denotes The COVID‐19 pandemic forced cancellation of student clinical activities abruptly in March 2020.
T5 130-276 Sentence denotes Clinical patient contact was needed to supplement the online curriculum that was implemented, whereas students were barred from clinical settings.
T6 278-296 Sentence denotes 2 WHAT WAS TRIED?
T7 297-432 Sentence denotes Introducing medical students to virtual visits with patients as an alternative to real‐time patient contact during the COVID‐19 crisis.
T8 433-627 Sentence denotes Shortly before the onset of the pandemic, our organisation had prioritised the implementation of ‘virtual visits’ using a proprietary video platform as a method of patient population management.
T9 628-753 Sentence denotes With the onset of the pandemic in our region, these types of visit quickly became the standard format for out‐patient visits.
T10 754-900 Sentence denotes We developed a pilot programme to see whether students in their family medicine clerkship would benefit from patient interactions in these visits.
T11 901-1088 Sentence denotes Telemedicine has become an increasingly adopted part of undergraduate medical training in the United States, 1 but had only been available on an elective basis at our school before this.
T12 1089-1189 Sentence denotes Student volunteers were recruited from the cohort scheduled to begin their clerkship in early April.
T13 1190-1291 Sentence denotes They worked with clinical faculty conducting virtual visits individually or jointly with the faculty.
T14 1292-1340 Sentence denotes Students worked remotely to ensure their safety.
T15 1341-1479 Sentence denotes Patients were selected in advance and screened for their consent to participate and to ensure they had the appropriate virtual interfaces.
T16 1480-1578 Sentence denotes Students were able to review charts in advance via their remote access to our EHR platform (Epic).
T17 1579-1661 Sentence denotes Ongoing feedback was provided by text messages or by the chat function of the EHR.
T18 1662-1801 Sentence denotes At the conclusion of the visit, students were able to document the visit in the chart, and this was reviewed and attested by the attending.
T19 1803-1832 Sentence denotes 3 WHAT LESSONS WERE LEARNED?
T20 1833-1888 Sentence denotes Students readily adapted to this type of patient visit.
T21 1889-1989 Sentence denotes A post‐participation survey (1 = strongly disagree and 5 = strongly agree) of the students revealed:
T22 1990-2346 Sentence denotes Connecting was easy and intuitive (3.80/5), meaningful connection with the patient was established (4.20), format was sufficient to demonstrate clinical skill to preceptor (3.60), student felt confident in ability to thoroughly assess patient's complaints in virtual setting (3.80), and preceptor was able to teach sufficiently using virtual format (4.40).
T23 2347-2572 Sentence denotes Student participants felt that the experience was a meaningful introduction to telemedicine, provided an excellent opportunity to work on interviewing skills and provided a chance to work on a virtual team for the first time.
T24 2573-2609 Sentence denotes Technical obstacles were very minor.
T25 2610-2786 Sentence denotes They expressed the importance of communication with the attending physician before the clinic, and a post‐clinic phone session for feedback and additional learning suggestions.
T26 2787-2844 Sentence denotes Physical examination options were limited in this format.
T27 2845-3042 Sentence denotes Students and faculty alike felt the programme was a valid format for clinical experiences during clerkships and endorsed expanding it to all students training in family medicine at our institution.