Telemedicine and medical education in the COVID-19 pandemic
Achievements, challenges and prospects
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telemedicine, telehealth, medical education, COVID-19 pandemicAbstract
Due to the global urgency produced by the Covid-19 pandemic, the development of alternative, viable processes, accessible through low-cost and technological resources, became more than necessary. Such is the case of telemedicine which, since its appearance towards the end of the 1960s through telephone consultations, has been transformed according to technological development. Information and communication technologies currently allow the provision of information and medical care services in diverse and distant locations, which is why it turns out to be relevant in the case of the current pandemic. This review work is aimed at examining the current state of the scope in the use of telemedicine that occurred during the current Covid-19 pandemic, its link in the case of medical education in various realities; as well as the analysis, evaluation and proposals on the benefits and concomitant challenges regarding telemedicine in the future.
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