April242024
Distance Learning Roundtable Webinar: “Implementing Telemedicine in Libraries: Barriers and Strategies for Success,” with Dr. Pam DeGuzman
April 2024: A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, communications director, US Distance Learning Association (USDLA) — Please join us for this month’s episode of our new USDLA Free Friday Webinar hosted by USDLA president-elect Valary Oleinik.
Meet our guest: Dr. Pam DeGuzman, Nurse Scientist at UVA Health and an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing
Today’s Topic: Implementing Telemedicine in Libraries: Barriers and Strategies for Success
About the webinar: Public libraries offering telemedicine provide a critical lifeline to patients, particularly those who live long distances from sites of care. In this session, Dr. Pam DeGuzman will provide a comprehensive overview of research on the implementation of telemedicine in public libraries. She will share commonly encountered barriers and review models linked to successful patient outreach. She will provide information about the recently developed Telemedicine in Libraries Pre-Implementation Workbook that guides librarians and community partners step-by-step to build the foundation for a successful program.
About Dr. Pamela DeGuzman: A Nurse Scientist at UVA Health and an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, Dr. DeGuzman researches innovative models to improve access to care for vulnerable populations. Her research is grounded in her experience as a bedside nurse, during which she observed firsthand the disparities those from rural areas experience when trying to access specialized care at large urban-centered healthcare systems. She has developed and evaluated CARING (Comprehensive Assistance: Rural Interventions, Nursing, and Guidance), which is a nurse-led telemedicine-delivered intervention aimed at connecting rural cancer survivors with specialized oncology care. This experience led her to work toward improving access to telemedicine visits for patients who lack home-based broadband through public libraries. Since 2019, she has been studying the implementation of telemedicine video visits in public libraries and has written the foundational research agenda to study this practice. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in high-tier journals across medicine, public health, nursing, and library and information science.
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