There is so much to consider in any clinical consultation: identifying the individual is the one you expected, who is with the individual, which therapy intervention, resources, signposting, referrals, being cued in to responses for contextual information, evaluation and outcomes, planning next steps ... and this is all before you throw 'virtual' in the mix!

This clinical companion presents 50 transferable, adaptable, practical and accessible chapters for speech and language therapists and others working via remote consultations.

Divided into four sections, the book covers:

• The remote practitioner.
• The remote rules.
• Creating a digital tool kit.
• A remotely possible future.

Aimed at students encountering their first remote consultations, newly qualified clinicians with limited practical experience of virtual clinics through to clinicians who are experienced in their own specialities but now need to transfer those skills to remote ways of delivery, this concise text will provide confidence and guidance for the reader. It will also prove useful to clinicians beyond speech and language as many of the skills and practical advice and guidance are applicable in specialities across a range of settings, both public and private, healthcare and education.

Rebekah Davies is a speech and language therapist with over 14 years clinical experience. She is co-author of The RCSLT Telehealth Guidance, a Topol Digital Health Fellow and member of The Faculty of Clinical Informatics and NHS Digital Academy.

Section 1 The Remote Practitioner Introduction: The Remotest Possibility 1. New to Practice: The Practicalities 2. The Transition: Becoming a Digital Practitioner 3. Let's get digital! Clinical training offers to support 4. Digital Confidence: What does this mean in a clinical context? 5. Completely Competent? Using digital frameworks to digitally enable clinical workforces 6. A New Way of Practicing or Just Practicing a New Way? 7. A Digital Stage! 8. Are Digital Clinics different? What are they and how are they implemented? 9. Virtual Voices! Sharing best practice and resources Section 2 The Remote Rules 10. The Big Click On: Before a Remote Consultation 11. Virtual Virgins 12. Testing Testing 13. Preparing Individuals for Change 14. Bringing Individuals on a Digital Journey 15. Prepare to Prepare 16. Lights, Camera, Action! 17. To IG or not IG, that is the question! 18. Don't be IG-norant 19. DCB easy as 123: Clinical Safety Standards 20. Assessing & Mitigating Risk 21. Safeguarding and Consent: Protecting Vulnerable Individuals 22. During a Remote Consultation: The Clinican Will See You Now! 23. Buttons, buttons everywhere! 24. 'You're On Mute' 25. Guess Who?: Clarifying Identity 26. I Spy with My Little Eye: Establishing and managing participants 27. Group Therapy or Digital Party?; Establishing Group Rules 28. When Security Gets Personal 29. Remote Rapport: Forever more or nevermore? 30. An Extra Pair of Hands: HCPs as Digital Partners 31. A Tangled Web; Browsers and Windows 32. Closing Conversations 33. Shutdown Ending a Remote Consultation Safely Section 3 The Remote Tools: Creating a Digital Toolkit 34. Ease of Access - Windows & You! 35. The Bare Accessibles? 36. You, Me and ASD 37. Seeking Approval 38. Emotionally Speaking - using emoticons to enhance therapy 39. Green Screen Dreams 40. Centre of the careverse - tailoring care plans 41. Team of 1! -creating personalised video content to support therapy programmes 42. Say Ahhh- getting the best intra oral images 43. Getting attached; sharing, receiving and saving attachments safely 44. QR-Lity - utilising QR codes in therapy and evaluation Section 4 A Remote Possibly Future 45. Long Term Planning: Developing speech and language therapy services 46. Health Informatics and Beyond: SLT services and digital transformation 47. Digital enhancements of practice; CPD, development etc.... 48. Burn baby burn; Managing screen burnout 49. Ensuring Mental Health and Wellbeing 50. Remotely Possible: A Vision for A Digital First Future