This presentation will explore the ways in which telehealth is revolutionizing healthcare education and empowering future care providers. The session will discuss the importance of incorporating telehealth training into healthcare education programs, and how this can prepare students to deliver high-quality care in a digital age. We will also examine the benefits and challenges of telehealth training, as well as the latest tools and resources available to educators to create effective telehealth training programs. By the end of this presentation, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the critical role telehealth training plays in preparing the next generation of healthcare providers for the future of healthcare delivery.
Trailblazing Healthcare Education: Digital Innovation, Telehealth, and Training
November
21,
2023
Event Description
Presenter:
Nupur Hajela, PT, DPT, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
C0-Director Gait Balance and Mobility Research and Education Center
Director of Rehabilitation Technologies & Outcomes Research
Central California Sports Sciences Institute
California State University, Fresno
Dr. Nupur Hajela is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at California State University, Fresno, USA. She is the Director of Rehabilitation Technologies and Outcomes Research at Central California Sports Sciences Institute. She is Co-Director of. Gait Balance Clinic (GBMC). She is a trained neuroscientist and did her post-doctoral fellowship on clinical neurorehabilitation at Shirly Ryan Ability lab (previous name – Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC). She is a licensed physical therapist in two states i.e., California and Washington. She is an active clinician and currently treats parkinsons patients using cutting-edge technology. She is an emerging leader in the area of telerehabilitation and is an invited speaker at national and international conferences on telehealth, digital innovations, remote therapeutic monitoring. Dr. Hajela serves as the vice chairperson of San Joaquin Valley District (SJVD) – California Physical Therapy Association. In this role she is currently working to support efforts for using technology in the field of fall prevention to empower seniors in the community. Dr. Hajela believes in an interprofessional approach to treating patients and therefore is interested in internal and external collaboration. Her research interests are in the area of application of technology for rehabilitation such as telehealth, remote monitoring, virtual reality, augmented reality, artificial intelligence.
