Imperial College London
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Professor Tom Bourne

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction

Chair in Gynaecology
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 3313 5131t.bourne Website

 
 
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Location

 

Early pregnancy and acute gynaecologyInstitute of Reproductive and Developmental BiologyHammersmith Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Murugesu:2020:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039457,
author = {Murugesu, S and Galazis, N and Jones, B and Chan, M and Bracewell-Milnes, T and Ahmed-Salim, Y and Grewal, K and Timmerman, D and Yazbek, J and Bourne, T and Saso, S},
doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039457},
journal = {BMJ Open},
title = {Evaluating the use of Telemedicine in Gynaecological Practice: A Systematic Review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039457},
volume = {10},
year = {2020}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Objectives The aim of this systematic review is to examine the use of telemedicine in the delivery and teaching of gynaecological clinical practice. To our knowledge, no other systematic review has assessed this broad topic.Design Systematic review of all studies investigating the use of telemedicine in the provision of gynaecological care and education. The search for eligible studies followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines and focused on three online databases: PubMed, Science Direct and SciFinder.Eligibility criteria Only studies within gynaecology were considered for this review. Studies covering only obstetrics and with minimal information on gynaecology, or clinical medicine in general were excluded. All English language, peer-reviewed human studies were included. Relevant studies published up to the date of final submission of this review were considered with no restrictions to the publication year.Data extractions and synthesis Data extracted included author details, year of publication and country of the study, study aim, sample size, methodology, sample characteristics, outcome measures and a summary of findings. Data extraction and qualitative assessment were performed by the first author and crossed checked by the second author. Quality assessment for each study was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.Results A literature search carried out in August 2020 yielded 313 records published between 1992 and 2018. Following a rigorous selection process, only 39 studies were included for this review published between 2000 and 2018. Of these, 19 assessed gynaecological clinical practice, eight assessed gynaecological education, one both, and 11 investigated the feasibility of telemedicine within gynaecological practice. 19 studies were classified as good, 12 fair and eight poor using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Telecolposcopy and abortion care were two areas where telemedicine was found to be effective in p
AU  - Murugesu,S
AU  - Galazis,N
AU  - Jones,B
AU  - Chan,M
AU  - Bracewell-Milnes,T
AU  - Ahmed-Salim,Y
AU  - Grewal,K
AU  - Timmerman,D
AU  - Yazbek,J
AU  - Bourne,T
AU  - Saso,S
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039457
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 2044-6055
TI  - Evaluating the use of Telemedicine in Gynaecological Practice: A Systematic Review
T2  - BMJ Open
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-039457
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/85135
VL  - 10
ER  -
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