Telehealth Interprofessional Education: Benefits, Desires, and Concerns of Counselor Trainees

ABSTRACT

Telehealth involves health services using technology to provide care remotely. Growth in use, 53% from 2016-to-2017, increases the need for related training. Consensual qualitative research with 11 counselor trainees engaged in telehealth training garnered four major domains: benefits, reflections, training needs, and concerns/challenges. Implications for telehealth education initiatives, training, and benefits to the field of counseling conclude.

KEYWORDS:

• Telehealth
• mental health
• counselor education
• trainees
• interprofessional education
• creativity in counseling

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration [BWHET Grant 2017-2020].