How to establish rapport during telehealth encounters focusing on: 1) technology's role in establishing rapport in telehealth encounters 2) ways to prepare patients for telehealth encounters 3) how to frame telehealth encounters to increase patient acceptance.
This is a non-interactive self-study course recorded from a live webinar presented by Dr. Elizabeth Krupinkski on March 23, 2021.
Learning Objectives:
- Describe technology's role in establishing rapport in telehealth encounters
- List ways to prepare patients for telehealth encounters
- Demonstrate how to frame telehealth encounters to increase patient acceptance
From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Krupinski, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Krupinski is a professor and Vice-Chair for Research at Emory University in the Departments of Radiology and Imaging Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; her Master of Arts from Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey; and her Doctorate from Temple University in Philadelphia. All of her degrees are experimental psychology. Her interests are in medical image perception, observer performance, medical decision making, and human factors. Dr. Krupinski is Associate Director of Evaluation for the Arizona Telemedicine Program and Co-Director of the Southwest Telehealth Resource Center. She has published extensive research in these areas, and she has given presentations at national and international conferences. She is past chair of the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, past president of the American Telemedicine Association, President of the Medical Image Perception Society, and past chair of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. She serves on a number of editorial boards for both radiology and telemedicine journals, and she is the co-editor of the Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare. Dr. Krupinski serves regularly as a grant reviewer for the NIH, DoD, TATRC and other federal, state, and international funding agencies, and she has served as a member of a number of FDA review panels.
Credit Hours: This course consists of 1 credit hour.
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This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.
This is a non-interactive self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation. The courses may include required reading.
