Description
This book discusses and presents alternatives on how to take advantage of available technologies and infrastructure of telehealth, telemedicine, and e-health to advance health professions education. This need emerged amid the pandemic, to provide patients and their families with support and guidance, but it also brought opportunities for students to continue their training and be involved in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Although institutions were not prepared for a crisis of this magnitude, the challenges that have emerged have made them thrive as a community that is learning from the experience. Innovations in health professions education came with simulated scenarios in public health, virtual laboratories, and student encounters with patients through technology.
This book will be vital in exploring health professions education and the advancement that are being made. It can be a guide for medical educators and health professionals to assess strategies to implement in their own contexts. The compilation will depict a crucial time when telehealth, telemedicine, and e-health became the only way forward to provide health amid the pandemic without risking a person's health, or a physician in training. It will also demonstrate key aspects for the evolution of telemedicine in the years to come, reflecting on how we can learn and make it more efficient.