Telemedicine Physician

You practice medicine through a screen, diagnosing and treating patients via video calls, phone calls, and chat platforms. You'll see patients in their living rooms, cars, and occasionally bathrooms — because apparently that's where people take medical calls now. You can't physically examine anyone, your stethoscope is useless, and you're making clinical decisions based on what a patient can show you through a webcam. Welcome to modern medicine.

Learn the skills

Courses and certifications to get you job-ready

What you'll actually do

• 01Diagnose conditions through a screen, relying on patient history and what they can show you via camera instead of a physical exam
• 02Prescribe medications and order labs for patients in 12 different states, each with their own prescribing laws
• 03Navigate telehealth platforms that crash, freeze, or lose connection at the worst possible moments
• 04See 30-40 patients per day because the whole point of telemedicine is volume, efficiency, and not having a waiting room
• 05Determine which patients can be safely treated virtually and which ones need to go to an ER — immediately
• 06Maintain active medical licenses in multiple states because telehealth regulation is a patchwork quilt designed by people who don't use Zoom