Covid-19: Telehealth - Embracing Technology in Healthcare

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Three Rivers University Department of Rural Health would like to support all health professionals and staff to access free online courses to support their knowledge with the anticipated increase use of telehealth in clinical services and general wellbeing of self-care for clinicians with measures being put in place for COVID 19.

This course is designed to facilitate learning and understanding about telehealth services so clinicians can begin to include it in their provision of healthcare and learn more about best practice in telehealth service delivery.

Telehealth is recognised as a growing adjunct to health service delivery, especially in rural areas. It is expected that all health professionals, and students graduating from health courses, should be familiar with the opportunities and challenges of telehealth services. This course is designed to facilitate your learning and understanding about telehealth services so that you can begin to include it in your provision of healthcare and learn more about best practice in telehealth service delivery. 

Telehealth - Embracing technology in healthcare aims to:

  • Provide key concepts of telehealth and its role within healthcare

  • Educate health students and professionals to deliver appropriate telehealth services

  • Promote the awareness and opportunities to incorporate telehealth in healthcare delivery

Course content, patient scenarios, resources, and guides have a focus on the current telehealth practice within the Three Rivers footprint. The modules have been designed to be easy to navigate and to include interactive opportunities for students and health professionals.

Sara JohnstonCOVID-19