Bas Ph Ter Brugge, Lena Sophia Fegg, Marjo Wijnen-Meijer
Preparing medical students for their educational task as physicians: important, desirable and unexplored territory
BMC medical education
association american medical colleges aamc designated crossdisciplinary telemedicine competencies curricular implementation disparate stages across medical schools significant curricular gaps investigated factors associated presence telemedicine curriculum family medicine clerkships data evaluated part 2022 cera survey family medicine clerkship directors cd participants answered questions telemedicine curriculum clerkship including whether required optional whether telemedicine competencies assessed availability faculty expertise volume visits student autonomy visits cds attitude importance telemedicine education awareness society teachers family medicines stfm telemedicine curriculum ninetyfour 159 cds 591 responded survey onethird fm clerkships 38 413 teach telemedicine cds 59 628 assess competencies presence telemedicine curriculum positively associated cds awareness stfms telemedicine curriculum p032 attitude cds toward importance telemedicine teaching p007 higher level learner autonomy telemedicine visits p035 private medical schools p020 almost twothirds clerkships 628 assess telemedicine competencies fewer onethird cds 286 considered telemedicine education important clerkship topics cds attitudes significant determinant whether teaching telemedicine skills occurred awareness telemedicine education resources higher learner autonomy telemedicine encounters may promote integration clerkship curriculum