The COVID-19 pandemic led health systems to increasingly rely on telehealth for patient care. Despite rapidly changing clinical and regulatory environments, most healthcare providers and students were not equipped with formal training in telehealth-specific skills. With support from the American Medical Association, we convened an interprofessional team of clinicians and student leaders from UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke to develop a virtual interprofessional telehealth curriculum. The curriculum consisted of five, 90-minute, online interactive course sessions, including an introduction to telehealth, basic telehealth clinical skills, digital divide, interprofessional team collaboration, and addressing barriers to telehealth for patients with complex social and medical needs. In-session activities included interprofessional small group work, panel discussions, role play, and telehealth simulation with standardized patients. In this lightning talk, our team will present our experience in development and delivery of this novel curriculum using a developmental evaluation framework. Through a comprehensive literature of existing telehealth education resources we identified the conceptual frameworks of experiential learning and reflective practice as guiding instructional strategies. For curriculum design and implementation, we engaged emerging experts in administration, education, and telehealth practice as well as student leaders from hotspotting programs. Real-time feedback was achieved through dynamic meeting agendas and attendance, learner messaging, and brief feedback surveys available immediately at end of each session. 36 students from ten health professions programs participated in the curriculum. Feedback showed participants valued the opportunity to work with students from different professions, practical instruction for telehealth, and the standardized patient experience. Quantitative measures of self-efficacy in telehealth competencies and attitudes toward interprofessional education increased slightly from pre- to post-course evaluation. The use of a developmental evaluation framework allowed us to rapidly design and deploy a virtual interprofessional telehealth curriculum, preparing students for working together across professions and providing a model for future educational program development.
In support of improving patient care, this activity is planned and implemented by The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education Office of Interprofessional Continuing Professional Development (OICPD). The OICPD is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
As a Jointly Accredited Provider, the OICPD is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The OICPD maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.
Physicians: The National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurses: Participants will be awarded contact hours of credit for attendance at this workshop.
Nurse Practitioners: The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP) accepts credit from organizations accredited by the ACCME and ANCC.
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians: This activity is approved for contact hours.
Social Workers: As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the National Center is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The National Center maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive continuing education credits.
IPCE: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change
