What do medical faculty students think about telehealth?

We aimed to evaluate medical school students' knowledge and approaches regarding telehealth. In this descriptive study, an electronic survey was conducted among students attending the Faculties of Medicine at Health Sciences University. The first part of the Form included questions evaluating i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2024-09, Vol.40 (8), p.1735
Hauptverfasser: Egici, Memet Taşkın, Sever, Seda Ozmen, Bektemur, Guven, Ozturk, Güzin Zeren, Bagcı, Hasan, Bukhari, Mulazim Hussain
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Zusammenfassung:We aimed to evaluate medical school students' knowledge and approaches regarding telehealth. In this descriptive study, an electronic survey was conducted among students attending the Faculties of Medicine at Health Sciences University. The first part of the Form included questions evaluating individual characteristics and telehealth approaches, and the second part included opinions and suggestions regarding telehealth usage topics. Of 698 participants, 435 (64.9%) students were in the preclinical period. One hundred nine (15.6%) believed they had sufficient knowledge about telehealth while 399 (57.2%) believed that telehealth should be included in medical education. When asked about their opinions on using telehealth in their professional careers, 298 (42.7%) stated that they considered using them. Those who perceived themselves as having sufficient knowledge about telehealth were more inclined to consider using it more in their professional careers (p=0.000). Participants who believed that healthcare services could be provided through telehealth were more likely to think that disease monitoring would be better, patient follow-up quality would improve, unnecessary hospital admissions would decrease (p
ISSN:1682-024X
1681-715X
DOI:10.12669/pjms.40.8.9055