WHY OUR MEDICAL COLLEGES NEED DIGITAL RESOURCES AND TELEMEDICINE

Dr.T.V.Rao MD

“If we teach today’s students as

We taught yesterday’s, we rob

Them of tomorrow.”

— John Dewey

The Ministry of health in coordination with Medical Council of India planning to reduce the Teaching

staff in Medical colleges, fine we need more Medical College and more Doctors to take care of the

system, However it is going to produce more skill less doctors, If you sincerely ask the Medical

students, they say our problem is not learning theory and in reality we cannot face the real life

situations The Indian modern system of Medicine needs a review to think what really is happening

very few seniors come out with new ideas in the system, many seniors, administrators and

Professors have lost the contact with the realities of the system, However we have reached a stage

we have to teach the Students with Technology, If the matters to run with few Teachers we have no

way make the system better than with e-learning resources and Telemedicine as barriers to the

success of telemedicine projects in developing countries include the time and resource constraints

experienced by local medical staff which inhibit them from undertaking the documentation and

referral process to request the information. In the coming years, telemedicine will likely play a

significant role in our careers and as such, we must have an understanding of both its benefits and

limitations. Despite the obvious potential of telemedicine, several questions remain in the minds of

the public, doctors and also medical students, however it has be answered by Administers and

academic faculty The linking of elective opportunities for medical students with a telemedicine

project not only provides a clear purpose to the elective experience for the student but also

mitigates this barrier to telemedicine. I wish we all train our Medical students in real Time situation

with Telemedicine, and make the Doctors to live to the situation, long-distance care is possible

through the use of telemedicine — using technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of

health care delivery. In addition to making care more convenient for our patients, Telemedicine

allows our physicians to connect with patients throughout the region to expand our reach, and to

serve a population greater than we can accommodate in our physical facilities. Another feature of

telemedicine is the use of tele mentoring — the process of supervising a patient procedure, such as

surgery, from a distance. In addition to using technology to mentor off-site physicians and other

clinicians, tele mentoring allows our physicians to keep up with medical advances and it decreases

the demand for hospital beds. Many Medical colleges in India to be connected with best resources in

India with our supporting centre of excellence in India Like All India Institute of Medical Sciences, PGI

Chandigarh KMC, CMC an many others in the country it enables same patient’s primary care

physician coordinating their care by sharing medical history, X-ray images, test results and other

resources electronically — a process called store and forward — with consulting physicians based in

remote medical colleges and hospital even in a Primary health centres

However many of students are prepared for challenges in Digital learning then who are our students

* Medical students

• Nursing students

• Physician assistant students

• Respiratory therapy students

• Physical therapy students

• Laboratory Technology students

They are technophiles with the broad band resources 3 G and upcoming 4 G services

• They are fast and multi-tasking

• On the internet a lot

• Mobile

• looking for balance

• Optimistic

• Energetic

• The future

Is it possible to develop resources if the students are motivated with teacher participation never

forget some students are greater technophiles than their our teachers

Elements of Student-User Cantered Design in

Telemedicine Education

• Involve students in designing their own telemedicine training programs

• Create a program that gives students scaffolded, authentic experiences each year

• Meet with them at regular intervals to get feedback on telemedicine implementations and

telemedicine training programs

• Keep these programs flexible and agile to allow for iterative development

• Encourage them to bring ideas for adjacent possible innovation to your teams

Never forget our Todays students are innovators of tomorrow

We students are the Ambassadors of colleges and universities

• Teachers

• Champions

• Collaborators

• Innovators

However if we establish a Cell to Monitor the utility of digital advances in Medicine and initiation of

Telemedicine

Elements of Student-User Cantered Design in

Telemedicine Implementation in Education

• Involve students in designing their own telemedicine training programs

• Create a program that gives students scaffolded, authentic experiences each year

• Meet with them at regular intervals to get feedback on telemedicine implementations and

telemedicine training programs

• Keep these programs flexible and agile to allow for iterative development

• Encourage them to bring ideas for adjacent possible innovation to your teams

In the coming years, telemedicine will likely play a significant role in our careers and as such, we

must have an understanding of both its benefits and limitations. Despite the obvious potential of

telemedicine, several questions remain in the minds of the public, doctors and also medical

students. The first is: do we really require telemedicine? I answer to the problem remain, yes as

tomorrow’s teaching and learning is a blended learning and we cannot progress with didactic

lectures and age old thinking of the many Teachers,

MY SLOGAN REMAIN WITH- USE TECHNOLOGY OR PERISH HOW GOOD YOU MAKE IT IS A GREAT

IDEA TO THINK AND DEVELOP THE RESOURCES

Ref advancing to real time learning in Medicine

Dr.T. V, Rao MD Professor of Microbiology, Freelancer