RESEARCH CALL: TELEHEALTH
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We are excited to welcome Dr Sarah White for a special collection that will collate manuscripts on the telehealth in primary care, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BJGP Open is seeking submissions documenting the practice of telehealth in primary care including, but not limited to, how this technology has been used during the pandemic. We welcome primary research and comparative analyses that elucidate differences in international responses linked to primary data on how access, continuity, comprehensiveness, coordination, and person-focused care are changing, and the subsequent impact on health and social outcomes. Documenting the outcomes of the myriad natural experiments playing out around the globe will generate important new evidence on the contribution of different primary care functions to the health of societies.
Topics for submission can include: facilitators and barriers for clinicians and patients in using telehealth; implications of technology types for access to and use of telehealth; impact of COVID-19 on policy and practice for telehealth; telehealth in primary healthcare education; communication in telehealth; and examination using telehealth, among many others.
We welcome qualitative and quantitative research, review articles, research protocols, commentaries, case reports, and international reports that capture approaches to and experiences of telehealth.
Guest Editors are experts in their respective fields who provide guidance and oversight on specific BJGP Open research calls and will advise on scope and content. They will engage with authors, commission papers and offer expert opinion on submissions. However, all final editorial decisions are made by the Editor-in-Chief.
Introducing our guest editor
Dr Sarah White is a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and her research is focused on communication in clinical consultations. Sarah was awarded her PhD for research on surgeon–patient consultations by the University of Otago in 2011, and since that time has published on different aspects of communication in consultations and on teaching communication skills. Having previously worked in the public service, Sarah also has a keen interest in the translation of communication in healthcare research into practice. She and is involved with the International Association for Communication in Healthcare as Deputy National Representative for Australia, as a Social Media Officer, and as a member of the policy and practice subcommittee.
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