The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare defines telemedicine as the delivery and facilitation of health and health-related services including medical care, provider and patient education, health information services, and self-care via telecommunications and digital communication technologies.

Telemedicine provides a major advantage of a wide geographical reach for healthcare providers, especially in a vast country like India, with its limited medical resources. It saves both effort and cost of medical consultation for patients. Several patients suffering from non-critical illnesses can use telemedicine services to consult doctors and obtain the required medical advice. Telemedicine also provides the benefit of improved documentation of services, leading to better legal protection for healthcare providers.

With all these benefits, telemedicine is inevitably given due importance.

The Certificate Course on COVID-19 Telemedicine Practice course will help healthcare professionals to gain knowledge about telemedicine guidelines, principles of telemedicine, and the process flow for teleconsultations.

What you will learn?

Along with a basic understanding of the COVID-19 pandemic, the course also provides information on Telemedicine practice.

Module 1 – Basics of COVID-19
Module 2 – Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis
Module 3 – Preventive Measures
Module 4 – Case Management
Module 5 – Telemedicine Guidelines

Eligibility: Doctors (all streams, MBBS and AYUSH), Nurses, and other healthcare professionals interested in learning about telemedicine, especially in the wake of COVID-19.

Course Validity: 2 months. There will be an extra charge for the extension of the course validity.