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WELCOME TO THE FUTURE: online doctors
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Prepared by Sonya Illiuk and Ani Kupradze, 9c 
- Would you like to be treated online? Why? Why not?
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Online doctor is a qualified physician who knows how to use modern means of communication and software telemedicine systems.
The direction of online doctors is developing now. Online teaching is very common in our time, although earlier it seemed improbable, the same with online-doctors. Nowadays we have some online consultations by doctors in instagram or facebook. Online consultations by psychologist are very popular now. There are some web-sites where you can send a message to the doctor about your problem and get consultation. We have a lot of equipment which will help us to do it. Skype is the most popular method for online consultations. Everything in the world goes towards simplifying life, and online counseling is one of the methods to make life easier. But still online counseling will not be able to completely exclude the visit to the doctor in the hospital. Severe diseases and operations can only be carried out in hospitals. Due to the fact that network doctors will be a kind of "Outpost" of public hospitals and clinics, their main specialization will be working with people online. The network doctor should, despite the long distance, listen to the patient and provide him with psychological support, explain the diagnosis in an accessible language.
The following qualities are important for this job.
- Communication skills
- Competent oral and written speech
- Ability to listen
- Emotional intelligence
- The ability to solve the problem
- Courtesy
To become a doctor in the telemedicine system, you must enter one of the medical universities in the country. Over the next few years, all medical universities will introduce new specialties or additional courses in computer science and telemedicine to prepare professional staff for new tasks for physicians. If you want to become an online doctor, I recommend starting with the classical training of a physician:
- Profound study of chemistry, biology and physics.
- Admission to medical College after 9th grade and then to University or to medical University after 11th grade. Only after passing all the stages of medical education, the doctor will be able to obtain qualifications sufficient for the diagnosis of diseases not only in person, but also remotely.
Q&A How to avoid fraud and poor quality service under such a system?
There will be one official site about which everyone will know. At the entrance to this site you will need to click on the country in which you are living and choose a language. Doctors of the highest categories will work on this site and I am sure that there will be quality service.
Q&A How will the examination of the patient take place?
Each person who will have health problems will have an online consultation with a doctor. If the consultation is not enough then the person will come to the hospital at an appointed time. So, there won’t be long queues in hospitals. Medical tests will be made with high-quality instruments. Results of the tests will be ready in a few minutes.
Q&A Which diseases can really be cured this way, and which cannot?
Online-doctors will cure diseases such as psychological illnesses, cold, rash, hair diseases, malaise, nail diseases, chickenpox and allergies. But they definitely won’t cure cancer, otitis, fractures and they won't do surgery. Without going to doctor we cannot be cured from pneumonia, cough and flu.