A research engineer was scheduled to travel from abroad to provide technical and clinical support during a novel research procedure. Unfortunately, the research engineer was restricted from travelling the day before the case. The procedure lab time was already booked, and cancelling the case would have delayed patient care delivery, leading to unutilized lab space…
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is a rapidly growing bedside diagnostic tool that primarily benefits under-resourced remote and rural areas. However, a structured training and mentorship program must be in place for general practitioners to build POCUS expertise. With the experts (trainers) usually in large academic centres, time and geographical challenges exist. Using TeleVU, the remote cardiologist…
Surveillance peer-to-peer Des activités complexes et hautement spécialisées sont souvent effectuées dans des hôpitaux universitaires où l’expérience et l’expertise sont disponibles. Les médecins des hôpitaux communautaires qui travaillent avec leurs pairs universitaires pour recevoir une formation sur les nouvelles techniques et les procédures avancées sont mutuellement bénéfiques et aident le système de santé et les…