Transcript University of Kansas Medical Center

Distance Learning at KUMC
Ryan J. Spaulding
Director
KU Center for Telemedicine & Telehealth
Kansas University Medical Center
Distance Learning Infrastructure
 Same basic video equipment as used for
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telemedicine
Telemedicine most often conducted hospitalto-hospital
For specialty care
Current expansion into practice settings
Video equipment becoming smaller, more
diffuse, more mobile and less expensive
Medical Students
 Can interactively participate in lectures or
mentoring from distant locations
 Can sit with primary care physicians during a
telemedicine consultation
 Can accompany a specialist from KUMC
during a consultation
Medical Residents
 Can provide telemedicine services as
component of residency training
 Currently being done in pediatrics and adult
psychiatry
Elluminate Live!
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Available at KUMC
Up to 35 concurrent users
Live, 2-way audio
Video capable, not currently at KUMC
Whiteboard
http://www2.kumc.edu/ir/tlt/services/conf.html
Contact Information
Ryan J. Spaulding, PhD
(913) 588-2081
[email protected]