Archive: telehealth
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It Takes a Virtual Village: Educators, Patient Actors and Medical Students Build Connections with Telehealth Training
(June 26, 2020) — Just as medical practices rapidly transitioned to deliver health care remotely in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, medical school faculty and administrators at Georgetown quickly integrated a telehealth training component into newly developed two-week virtual clerkships in pediatrics, OB-GYN, medicine and surgery for third-year medical students. In addition, rising fourth-year […]
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Learning ‘Webside Manner’: Georgetown Medical Students Step Up as Telehealth Needs Surge
(May 28, 2020) — As COVID-19 began tearing through the U.S., medical clinics, hospitals and health care systems realized immediately that a shift in real time toward a heavier reliance on telehealth would be critical to minimize exposure risk and protect capacity for severe cases. MedStar Health, Georgetown University Medical Center’s medical education and clinical […]
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Cancer Genetic Counseling in the Time of COVID-19
(May 28, 2020) — It may be hard to believe, but as recently as 2014, the idea of delivering genetic counseling for familial cancer risk remotely instead of in-person was quite controversial. Without data about whether this service could be provided effectively and without adverse effects, many genetic counselors were hesitant to adopt it and […]
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