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 38m 44s

5 Quizzes

2 CME

What’s in it for you?

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Learn the skills experts say you need to master in order to become a great clinician.

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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.

5 lessons

10m 46s

Tele-what? intro

24s

Defining telehealth and telemedicine

2m 51s

Appreciating the benefits of telemedicine

2m 41s

Acknowledging the limitations of telemedicine

4m 50s

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.

7 lessons

15m 25s

Getting ready intro

19s

Exploring telemedicine modalities

2m 47s

Setting your patient up for success

3m 2s

Setting yourself up for success

2m 45s

Using good webside manner

3m 13s

Checking the fine print

3m 19s

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.

9 lessons

27m 55s

The importance of history-taking intro

32s

Adapting history-taking to telemedicine

2m 42s

Modifying history-taking by telemedicine modality

2m 15s

Taking a HEENT history

5m 19s

Taking a cardiopulmonary history

4m 9s

Identifying red flags in an abdominal history

3m 33s

Asking the right questions for an abdominal history

4m 26s

Taking a musculoskeletal history

4m 59s

The importance of history-taking quiz

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.

8 lessons

25m 15s

Obtaining objective information intro

36s

Mastering the virtual physical examination

2m 56s

Gathering additional objective data

3m 48s

Performing a virtual HEENT assessment

5m 16s

Conducting a virtual cardiopulmonary examination

4m 9s

Carrying out a virtual abdominal examination

3m 55s

Assessing the musculoskeletal system virtually

4m 35s

Obtaining objective information quiz

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.

8 lessons

19m 23s

Special situations in telemedicine intro

22s

Using translation and intrepretation services

Managing physical emergencies virtually

3m 23s

Handling mental health emergencies virtually

3m 33s

Using fun gadgets

4m 8s

Monitoring patients remotely

4m 16s

Special situations in telemedicine quiz

Quiz

Telehealth Essentials outro

41s

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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

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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.
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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