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Preparing for Virtual Care

Virtual care is not new, but it's more common because of the pandemic. More and more healthcare providers are treating patients over voice or video chat such as Zoom or Skype. While the doctor cannot physically treat their patient, they can recommend medical advice or measures for patients who do not need immediate or emergency care. It's one of the ways doctors and nurses have adapted to the lockdowns caused by the pandemic. Here is what adolescents and young adults can do to prepare for virtual care.

A good resource that we have on hand is the Adolescent Health Initiative, a website geared towards promoting good health among teens and young adults. One of their Timely Topic modules, focused on teens and virtual care, can be quoted as saying: 

"A rapid increase in virtual care due to COVID-19 has drastically changed how providers interact with their patients. Adolescents and young adults need a unique approach to virtual care as they transition to more independence while grappling with issues such as confidentiality, privacy, and trust in their health care provider." 

If you decide to launch the module, the module will explain, step-by-step, what a virtual visit might look like to you. The module is about 45 minutes with focuses on privacy, trust, and confidentiality online with healthcare providers. For example, patients on a virtual call should ask, who else is in the room? This helps establish trust online with your doctor. The link can be found below, under "Resources" at the end of this post.

Here is also a fun site called Educandy. On this site, users can create simple but educational games about a variety of topics; the user can then share the game, making it public for anyone to play. Virtual Care: Words or Terms used in Telehealth/Virtual Care is a short words game, created by our very own co-editor Johan Mora-Valverde, and there are three different modes to play: a classic word search, a funny spelling game, and tricky anagrams game, where you fill out a word using the correct letters. The link to Educandy is below.

Have any questions about virtual care/telehealth? What do you think of EduCandy? Let us know in the comment section below. Last week, if you had trouble logging onto the youth chat. The issue was resolved, but please register to receive the new Zoom link. Join us on the next youth chat by clicking below to register! See you there.

Author,

Jeremy Hayer

Resources:

  1. The SPAN Youth Chat: The-SPAN-youth-chat.eventbrite.com

  2. Educandy: https://www.educandy.com/

  3. Words and Terms on Telehealth - Game: https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=9b574

  4. Adolescent Health Initiative: https://www.umhs-adolescenthealth.org/

  5.  Adolescent-Centered Virtual Care: https://www.umhs-adolescenthealth.org/improving-care/timely-topics/#tt-virtualcare

  6. Subscribe to SPAN's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/SPANAdvocacy

  7. Link to SPAN's website: https://spanadvocacy.org/

  8. Link to SPAN’s Youth In the Know Resource Page: Youth in the Know

  9. We’re here for you!  Call SPAN if you need assistance: 1-800-654-7726


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