RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Digital health: a neglected part of health curricula?
JF Future Healthcare Journal
JO Future Healthc J
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 18
OP 20
DO 10.7861/fhj.2021-0102
VO 9
IS 1
A1 Mrudula Utukuri
A1 Felecia D'souza
A1 Alexander Deighton
A1 Elizabeth PV Le
A1 Benedict Osei-Boadu
A1 Nishita Gadi
A1 Ariana Axiaq
A1 Yuri YM Aung
A1 Bridget Agboola
A1 Chandini P Chand
A1 Connor Dibblin
A1 Chandni R Patel
A1 Mohsin Abedi
A1 Johnathan Hirniak
A1 Ngan H Ta
A1 James HF Rudd
A1 Rajiv Sethi
YR 2022
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/9/1/18.abstract
AB With growing government investment and a thriving consumer market, digital technologies are rapidly transforming our means of healthcare delivery. These innovations offer increased diagnostic accuracy, greater accessibility and reduced costs compared with conventional equivalents. Despite these benefits, implementing digital health poses challenges. Recent surveys of healthcare professionals (HCPs) have revealed marked inequities in digital literacy across the healthcare service, hampering the use of these new technologies in clinical practice. Furthermore, a lack of appropriate training in the associated ethical considerations risks HCPs running into difficulty when it comes to patient rights. In light of this, and with a clear need for dedicated digital health education, we argue that our focus should turn to the foundation setting of any healthcare profession: the undergraduate curriculum.