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Undergraduate medical teaching with remote consultations in general practice: realist evaluation

Roaa Al-bedaery, Umar Ahmed Riaz Chaudhry, Melvyn Jones, Lorraine Noble and Judith Ibison
BJGP Open 24 February 2022; BJGPO.2021.0185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0185
Roaa Al-bedaery
1 Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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Umar Ahmed Riaz Chaudhry
2 Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), St George’s University of London (SGUL), University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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1 Institute of Medical & Biomedical Education, St George’s, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London, United Kingdom
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3 UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Background As a result of Covid-19, students in primary care now experience patient consultations predominantly remotely, with supervisors historically educating students in face-to-face contexts. There is a paucity of evidence regarding the facilitators and barriers to supervising students for excellent educational impact in the remote consultation environment.

Aim To understand the facilitators and barriers to educating medical students using remote consultations in primary care, and the consequences for students in educational impact.

Design & setting A realist evaluation methodology was adopted to identify causal chains of contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes describing how the teaching and learning functioned on a sample of medical students, and GP tutors from two UK medical schools.

Method An initial programme theory developed from the literature and a scoping exercise informed the data collection tools. We collected qualitative data through online questionnaires (49 students, 19 tutors) and/or a semi-structured interview (8 students, 2 tutors). The data was coded to generate context-mechanisms-outcome configurations outlining how the teaching and learning operated.

Results The results demonstrated a sequential style of supervision can positively impact student engagement and confidence and highlighted a need to address student preparation for remote patient examinations. Students found passive observation of remote patient encounters disengaging, and in addition, reported isolation which impacted negatively on their experiences and perceptions of primary care.

Conclusion Student and tutor experiences may improve through considering the supervision style adopted by tutors and interventions to reduce student isolation and disengagement when using remote patient consultations in primary care.

  • Medical education
  • GP
  • Remote consultation
  • Received October 4, 2021.
  • Revision received January 13, 2022.
  • Accepted February 22, 2022.
  • Copyright © 2022, The Authors

This article is Open Access: CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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Roaa Al-bedaery, Umar Ahmed Riaz Chaudhry, Melvyn Jones, Lorraine Noble, Judith Ibison
BJGP Open 24 February 2022; BJGPO.2021.0185. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0185

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Undergraduate medical teaching with remote consultations in general practice: realist evaluation
Roaa Al-bedaery, Umar Ahmed Riaz Chaudhry, Melvyn Jones, Lorraine Noble, Judith Ibison
BJGP Open 24 February 2022; BJGPO.2021.0185. DOI: 10.3399/BJGPO.2021.0185
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