Telehealth Presentation

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1. Arindam Basu University of Canterbury School of Health Arin.basu@gmail.com Presented at the HINZ Meeting, May 2013 Telehealth: Model, Frameworks
2. Point of This Presentation As Videoconferencing and Telehealth gains ground, how is the Training/Teaching/Medical/Healthcare Education Community Responding to it?
3. Popularity of Videoconferencing
4. Three Ideas – Ako.GP.MedInfo • Past: Ako Aotearoa Funded Study Report Findings • Present: Telehealth As a Model for Training of General Practice Registrars (Data still being analyzed) • Future: International Collaboration (MedInfo 2013, Presentation Later this Year)
5. Ako Aotearoa Supported Report • We Conducted a Broad Based Systematic Review in 2009-2010 • The Report was Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa • We Aimed to Find out what Teaching Programmes on Telehealth were practiced around the world and what practices were most effective? Available From: https://akoaotearoa.ac.nz/ako-hub/ako-aotearoa-southern-hub/resources/pages/ review-effectiveness-educational-tools-teaching-te
6. Past. Summary of Ako Aotearoa Study • Role of Context (Where Telehealth) • Role of Learner Characteristics and Preparedness Impacts Practice • How Relevant are the Contents to their Practices? • Experiential Learning Was Important for the Learners for Telehealth Practice
7. Model from Ako Aotearoa
8. Present: Telehealth. Tele-Delivery • Professional Training of Year II GP Registrars at Nelson and Blenheim • Face to Face Versus Using Videoconferencing and Case Presentations • We Evaluated: • Their Satisfaction with the Training Program • Carbon cost Savings as Environmental Parameter • Overall Learning • (Limitations??) • Results (Preliminary, Data Still Being Analyzed)
9. Future: MedInfo 2013: Denmark • Practitioners from Australia, India, Norway, and Other Countries Have Put Together an International Working Group on TeleMedicine and Telehealth • (http://www.imia-medinfo.org/ new2/node/155) • At MedInfo 2013, Denmark, a discussion slot and workshop is set aside to discuss approaches in organizing and training for Telehealth for Practitioners and Program Managers (Details?)
10. From Here? • Need for Systematic Training Exists • Telehealth As a Delivery Mode Can Have Widespread Uses • Need for Use of Environmental Benefit Factors such as Carbon Costs • Telehealth Provides Opportunities for Scaling Up Local Projects for Global Partnerships