We’re back with another new technology that we believe will transform healthcare. Telementoring… Here’s what you need to know in a nutshell!
By definition, telementoring is “a relationship, facilitated by telecommunication technology, in which an expert provides guidance to a less experienced learner from a remote location.” Previous research has shown us that telementoring can be used effectively and reliably as a surgical training aid. But, how did it start?
In the traditional residency training model, a resident (trainee) spends day in and day out with an expert learning by watching the expert. Then the expert watches the trainee over and over again and over time, the trainee gets more and more autonomy. But then we graduate and we go off into practice and we're like on an island by ourselves, especially as all these new devices and technologies are developed. How do we learn new techniques once we're in practice?
So they created a model of how a practicing surgeon can learn a new technique. Step one is a course or didactic instruction. Step two is that the trainee watches the expert physically in the operating room. And at this point, they institute a simulation model of one that exists in preparation for step three, which is that the trainee actually performs the case and the experts watching them physically there in the operating room.
So then because it's difficult in practice to keep traveling, to go watch the expert over and over again, we've instituted the concept of telementoring. Telementoring allows for the two surgeons to work together virtually in classes where the expert can actually watch the trainee and certify that they actually are able to do the case on their own.
Hi, this is Emre Tombash from Cincinnati Children's Hospital. In a previous video, we introduced the concept of telemedicine and telehealth. In this video, we'll discuss telementoring as one of the main categories in telemedicine. By definition, telementoring is a relationship facilitated by telecommunication technology in which an expert provides guidance to a less experienced learner from a remote location. Previous research has shown us that telementoring can be used effectively and reliably as a surgical training aid. Here's Dr. Todd Ponsky from Cincinnati Children's Hospital explains how. Resident trainee spends day in and day out with an expert, first watching the expert, and then the expert watches the trainee over and over again. And over time, the trainee gets more and more autonomy. But then we graduate and we go off into practice, and we're like on an island by ourselves, especially as all these new devices and technologies are developed. How do we learn new techniques once we're in practice? So they created a model of how a practicing surgeon can learn a new technique. Step one is a course or didactic instruction. Step two is that the trainee watches the expert physically in the operating room. And at this point, they institute a simulation model, one of that exists in preparation for step three, which is that the trainee actually performs the case and the experts watching them physically in the operating room. So then, because it's difficult in practice to keep traveling to go watch the expert over and over again, we've instituted the concept of telementoring. Telementoring allows for the two surgeons to work together virtually, where the expert can actually watch the trainee and certify that they actually are able to do the case on their own. There are several technologies available for telementoring. One of the leaders is Proximie. Proximie is specifically telepresence software platform. It allows clinicians to virtually scrub in to any operating room or cath lab from anywhere in the world. Download the Stakeholder app, follow us on social media and subscribe on YouTube channel. And remember, knowledge should be free.
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