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A Rural Telehealth Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Devon Schlottach
A Rural Telehealth Objective Structured Clinical Examination, Devon Schlottach
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Problem Rural healthcare consumers experience increased health disparities, especially when accessing health care. The use of telehealth to improve access has become an essential competency for nurse practitioner (NP) students. This study evaluated NP students’ confidence and competence of rural social determinants of health (rSDOH) before and after a telehealth simulation.
Methods A descriptive, cohort design was used to review NP students’ pre- and post-surveys, written case studies, and a video-recorded telehealth OSCE for a patient living in a rural area.
Results Student self-rated knowledge of rural health care did not improve despite didactic learning and simulation (z = …