ABSTRACT

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of faculty from dietetics, nursing, pharmacy, and social work converted a long-standing effective Interprofessional Team Care Clinic (IPTCC) at two outpatient health centers to a telehealth clinic during 2020 and 2021. Preliminary data suggest that this pilot telehealth clinic for patients with diabetes or prediabetes was effective in significantly lowering average hemoglobin A1C levels and increasing students’ perceived interprofessional skills. This article describes the pilot telehealth interprofessional model used to educate students and provide patient care, outlines preliminary data about its effectiveness, and makes recommendations for future research and practice.

摘要

由于 COVID-19 大流行，2020 年和 2021 年期间，来自营养学、护理学、药学和社会工作的一组教师将两个门诊健康中心的一个长期有效的跨专业团队护理诊所 (IPTCC) 转变为远程医疗诊所。初步数据表明，这个针对糖尿病或前驱糖尿病患者的试点远程医疗诊所在显着降低平均血红蛋白 A1C 水平和提高学生的跨专业技能方面是有效的。本文描述了用于教育学生和提供患者护理的试点远程医疗跨专业模型，概述了有关其有效性的初步数据，并为未来的研究和实践提出了建议。