Addressing Competency in Rheumatology Telehealth Care Delivery

Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)Published Competency framework development

Authors' conclusion

The rheumatology TCs represent the first adaptation of the AAMC TCs to subspecialty care, expanding the scope to include rheumatology fellowship graduates and additional domains of rheumatology practice.

Study context

Population
Rheumatology telehealth care: recent rheumatology fellowship graduates and experienced rheumatology clinicians
Outcome
Rheumatology telehealth competencies (TCs) adapted from AAMC TCs
Methodological detailsconsensus adaptation, collaborative working group process, peer review, Peer review among Clinician Scholar Educator Award recipients and American College of Rheumatology's (ACR) 2021 Convergence attendees
  • Consensus adaptation
  • Collaborative working group process
  • Peer review
  • Peer review among Clinician Scholar Educator Award recipients and ACR 2021 Convergence attendees

Recommendations

As reported in the abstract

Essential skills for synchronous telehealth care of patients with rheumatic diseases

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Association of American Medical College's (AAMC) telehealth competencies (TCs) adapted, organized within 6 domains

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Skills added to AAMC domains of patient safety and appropriate use, and data collection and assessment

2

Competencies in novel domain of systems-based requirements

2

Original publication

Addressing Competency in Rheumatology Telehealth Care Delivery. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). Published 6 January 2023. doi:10.1002/acr.25023

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