Telehealth and Medical Education

As the COVID-19 pandemic catalyzed the rapid expansion of telemedicine services, medical educators were tasked with the challenge of incorporating students and trainees into clinical care with little guidance. Clinical faculty have strived to keep learners engaged, yet to date there have been few established formal training curricula for teachers or learners in providing care via telehealth. An emerging body of literature illustrates the unique advantages medical learners may experience engaging in telehealth encounters and offers mechanisms to effectively include them in virtual visits. The aim of this chapter is to describe approaches to clinical workflow with learners in telemedicine encounters, to review an assortment of telehealth teaching techniques, and to highlight the evidence regarding telehealth’s impact on clinical education and inclusion in medical education curricula.