
Overview
During the current COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare professionals are rapidly moving to conduct consultations by phone, video call, or online. This is changing the way that healthcare is delivered now and will be delivered in future.
Key facts:
Conducting Remote Consultations and Triage at UCL by FutureLearn will provide healthcare professionals with the tools to conduct consultations and obtain basic observations remotely and safely, including basic triage.
You’ll learn how to conduct history taking virtually and take essential observations in a remote setting. You’ll also consider safe patient management and how to triage patients via remote consultations.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Describe different models for remote consultation
- Describe the concept of triage within a remote consultation
- Identify and assess the potential risks with remote consultations
- Explain how to obtain basic observations during a remote consultation
- Apply risk stratification tools to remote consultations
- Assess safeguarding risks within a remote consultation
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Topics include:
Remote consultation and triage within a remote consultation -The risks with remote consultations
Taking observations within a remote consultation
Safeguarding
Red flags and risk stratification
The outcomes of remote consultations, safety netting and documentation
Check out the full curriculum
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Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
- 4 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
- Start straight away and join a global classroom of learners.
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
The course is designed for all healthcare professionals working in clinical practice where there’s a need to undertake remote consultations.
This may include pharmacists working in a community pharmacy or GP practice, non-medical prescribers including nurses and pharmacist, GPs, practice nurses, physicians associates, paramedics working in Advanced Clinical Practitioner roles, healthcare professionals working in outpatient clinics or telehealth, trainee doctors, pharmacy and nurse students, and students in secondary education considering training as a healthcare professional.
Make sure you meet all requirements
Visit programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
49 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 49 EUR for the full programme during 21 days. -
National
49 EUR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 49 EUR for the full programme during 21 days.