Brooke Lubinski, Erika Leung, Catherine M P Dawson, Jeremy Whyman, Amy Sullivan, Andrea Wershof Schwartz
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Telemedicine training among geriatric fellowship graduates: a needs assessment for future curriculum development.
Background: Geriatricians are expected to use telemedicine to deliver high-quality care to older adults. Yet, little is known about the training geriatric fellows received prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and their preparedness to care for older adults virtually. This paper discusses a needs assessment of alumni of a geriatric medicine fellowship program conducted to identify core telemedicine competencies and guide the development of telemedicine curricula in geriatric fellowship.
Methods: This is a cross-sectional survey study administered online to alumni (2005-2020) of an academic geriatric medicine fellowship program in the U.S.
Results: Fifty-two alumni of the fellowship responded to the survey (50%). Ninety-eight percent (98%) of respondents felt it was highly important for geriatric fellows to learn skills in telemedicine during fellowship. Respondents emphasized the importance of creating curricula that highlight how to perform a virtual comprehensive geriatric assessment, triage visit modality, and bill for telemedicine encounters.
Discussion: Based on the findings of our needs assessment and guidelines developed to help ensure clinicians are proficient in telemedicine skills, we propose seven recommendations for the development of telemedicine curricula to align with existing competencies and help geriatricians meet the evolving needs of older adults.
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Gerontology & Geriatrics Education is geared toward the exchange of information related to research, curriculum development, course and program evaluation, classroom and practice innovation, and other topics with educational implications for gerontology and geriatrics. It is designed to appeal to a broad range of students, teachers, practitioners, administrators, and policy makers and is dedicated to improving awareness of best practices and resources for gerontologists and gerontology/geriatrics educators. Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two anonymous referees.