The COVID-19 pandemic altered the landscape of the way to do health care. Now many services are available via telehealth, and as a result many health care facilities have incorporated telehealth into their regular services. The following are helpful resources for preceptors in the transition to and use of telehealth.
Teleprecepting Resources
- School of Nursing Statement on Teleprecepting (April 2020)
- The Center for Telehealth, Innovation, Education and Research (C-TIER) provides health professions students, faculty and providers with the knowledge, skills and abilities to become actively involved in telehealth innovations, educational delivery, research and health care delivery. It offers a repository of links to resources and guides for training students using telehealth, including telehealth training videos, a teleprecepting checklist (from UCSF), and sample communications. To navigate to these resources, go to https://telehealtheducation-ctier.com/national-telehealth-toolkit-for-educators/ and click on "Clinical Rotations."
- Clinical Experience Guide: Resources for Placing Students in Clinical Telehealth Sites (C-TIER, 2020)
- Document for Students at Telehealth Sites (C-TIER, 2020)
- Document for Faculty Responsible for Clinical Telehealth Placement (C-TIER, 2020)
- Document for Preceptors at Telehealth Sites (C-TIER, 2020)
- Document for Administrative Clinical Coordinator/Placement Coordinator
- Teleprecepting: A Timely Approach to Clinical Education During COVID-19
- Teleprecepting Implementation Checklist (original)
- Tips for Transitioning from In-Person Precepting to Teleprecepting [video]
- How To: Zoom Visits With Preceptor, Student and Patient [video created by students Megan Grant and Taylor Cuffaro with Charles Grant and Allison Wong of Forever Ready Production]
General Telehealth Resources for Providers
- Telehealth for Rural Areas
- Issue Brief Telehealth Nursing [PDF]
- UCSF Home Telehealth Implementation Guide [PDF]
- Telehealth Starter Guide for Students and Preceptors [PDF]
- Webinar: Quickstart Guide to Direct to Consumer Telehealth During COVID19 [video]
- Video Guide on Direct-to-Consumer Telehealth During Coronavirus [40 minutes]
- Telehealth Etiquette for Medical and Behavioral Health – Old Dominion University [video]
- Telehealth Etiquette: Medical Consult – Old Dominion University [video]
- Tele Mental Health Toolkit: Clinical-Professional 3 (please note that although the video is titled “mental health,” it is appropriate for all) [video]
- Telehealth.HHS.gov
- Center for Connected Health Policy
Telehealth Framework/Competencies for Nurse Practitioner Education/Training
- Telehealth Competencies for Nursing Education and Practice: The Four P's of Telehealth
- NONPF telehealth portal
- AACN (3.20.20) issued recommendations that schools of nursing consider expanding use of simulation, telehealth, and virtual reality in keeping with best practices and guidelines from state boards of nursing and other regulatory bodies. Learn more.
- Teleprecepting Literature