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      Telemedical Education: Training Digital Natives in Telemedicine

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      , BA 1 , , BA 1 , , MPH, MD 2 , 3 ,
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      Journal of Medical Internet Research
      JMIR Publications
      telemedicine, medical education, medical school, curriculum reform

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          Telemedicine plays an important role in the delivery of medical care, and will become increasingly prominent going forward. Current medical students are among the first generation of “digital natives” who are well versed in the incorporation of technology into social interaction. These students are well positioned to apply advances in communications to patient care. Even so, providers require training to effectively leverage these opportunities. Therefore, we recommend introducing telemedicine training into medical school curricula and propose a model for incorporation.

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          A comparison of care at e-visits and physician office visits for sinusitis and urinary tract infection.

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            Narrative review of telemedicine consultation in medical practice

            Background The use of telemedicine has grown across several medical fields, due to the increasing number of “e-patients”. Objective This narrative review gives an overview of the growing use of telemedicine in different medical specialties, showing how its use can improve medical care. Methods A PubMed/Medline, Embase, Web of Science, and Scopus search was performed using the following keywords: telemedicine, teleconsultation, telehealth, e-health, and e-medicine. Selected papers from 1996 to 2014 were chosen on the basis of their content (quality and novelty). Results Telemedicine has already been applied to different areas of medical practice, and it is as effective as face-to-face medical care, at least for the diagnosis and treatment of some pathological conditions. Conclusion Telemedicine is time- and cost-effective for both patients and health care professionals, encouraging its use on a larger scale. Telemedicine provides specialist medical care to patients who have poor access to hospitals, and ensures continuity of care and optimal use of available health resources. The use of telemedicine opens new perspectives for patients seeking a medical second opinion for their pathology, since they can have remote access to medical resources that would otherwise require enormous costs and time.
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              Incorporating a New Technology While Doing No Harm, Virtually.

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                Contributors
                Journal
                J Med Internet Res
                J. Med. Internet Res
                JMIR
                Journal of Medical Internet Research
                JMIR Publications (Toronto, Canada )
                1439-4456
                1438-8871
                July 2016
                12 July 2016
                : 18
                : 7
                : e193
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CAUnited States
                [2] 2Partners HealthCare Connected Health Boston, MAUnited States
                [3] 3Harvard Medical School Boston, MAUnited States
                Author notes
                Corresponding Author: Kamal Jethwani kjethwani@ 123456partners.org
                Author information
                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-4174
                http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7823-4294
                http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0122-8002
                Article
                v18i7e193
                10.2196/jmir.5534
                4961876
                27405323
                2b1483b8-499a-4a11-aee7-95d1588a89ca
                ©Akhilesh S Pathipati, Tej D Azad, Kamal Jethwani. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (http://www.jmir.org), 12.07.2016.

                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on http://www.jmir.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.

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                telemedicine,medical education,medical school,curriculum reform
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                telemedicine, medical education, medical school, curriculum reform

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