title: Combining continuing education with expert consultation via telemedicine in Cambodia.
abstract: Telemedicine has the potential to increase access to both clinical consultation and continuing medical education in Cambodia. We present a Cambodian surgical centre's experience with a collaboration in which complicated orthopaedic cases were presented to a panel of consultants using free online videoconferencing software, providing a combined opportunity for both continuing education and the enhancement of patient care. Effects of the case conference on patient care were examined via a retrospective review and clinician perspectives were elicited via a qualitative survey. The case conference altered patient care in 69% of cases. All Cambodian staff reported learning from the conference and 78% reported changes in their care for patients not presented at the conference. Real-time videoconferencing between consultants in the developed world and physicians in a developing country may be an effective, low-cost and easily replicable means of combining direct benefits to patient care with continuing medical education.
authors: Medical Student, Children's Surgical Centre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
authors: Xavier
authors: X
authors: Engle
authors: James
authors: J
authors: Aird
authors: Ly
authors: L
authors: Tho
authors: Fiona
authors: F
authors: Bintcliffe
authors: Fergal
authors: F
authors: Monsell
authors: Jim
authors: J
authors: Gollogly
authors: Saqib
authors: S
authors: Noor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002160:Cambodia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000193:education*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017216:Telemedicine; D049269:Videoconferencing
keywords: Asia; musculoskeletal; surgery