Online Consultation Research Articles

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia control in patients in KSUMC, Riyadh

Background: Previous studies on the COVID-19 lockdown reported contradictory evidence on controlling diabetes, hypertension (HT), and dyslipidemia (DLD). Thus, this study aimed to determine pre- and post-lockdown diabetes, HT, and DLD control with patient characteristics and predict positive or negative lockdown changes. Methods: Three hundred and fifty-five randomly selected patients from King Saud University Medical City (KSUMC) in Riyadh were studied between January 2019 and February 2020 using electronic medical records and phone calls to collect the data. Demographic, biomedical, medication, admission, blood glucose measurement, emergency room visits, and lifestyle data were collected. Results: The mean body mass index was increased in all demographic variables, particularly in people below the age of 60, and also in males and females (0.054 and 0.172, respectively) after the lockdown. All demographic variables showed a decrease in mean hemoglobin A1c difference. The mean systolic blood pressure difference between patients below the age of 60 and above the age of 60 was 2.00 (0.5491) and 4.54 (1.0812), respectively. 86.5% of the patients accounted for compliance with medications. In addition, 21.40% of the patients exercised regularly, and 36.60% did not follow a diet. Conclusion: Minor lab changes indicated stable conditions during the lockdown. KSUMC's telemedicine and virtual clinics contributed to this stability. The Ministry of Health's free online consultations were also helpful. A blended clinic (physical and virtual) seemed effective, especially during the pandemic.

Adoption of Mobile Health (m-Health) Services by Patients for Sustainable Healthcare Development: A Qualitative Exploration

Mobile health technology will enhance people's lives through raising healthcare awareness and knowledge, expanding the reach of healthcare services, and building a workforce of digitally competent healthcare workers. The adoption of mobile health is limited due to a lack of awareness, information, and interest among patients.Objective: This study aimed to explore stages of adoption process and factors impacting adoption of mobile health applicationsMethodology: The study was conducted in Mumbai. In total, 20 in-depth interviews were conducted. Respondents included users of fitness apps, people using mobile apps for online consultation and monitoring health parameters. Considering qualitative exploration, this study approached the investigation with three domains: stages in adoption process, hierarchy of involvement steps and various factors impacting adoption of mobile health applications.Results: Patients expressed their interest in mobile health applications specially related to fitness. Mobile Health is considered to be good option for monitoring various health parameters. Patient's attitude towards health plays an important role in adoption of mobile health applications. Various critical factors like trust on healthcare application, facilitating conditions and usefulness are driving adoption of mobile health applications. Contribution: This study will be useful for other researchers in the field of digital healthcare services. This will provide directional cues for developing m-health applications for enhancing adoption of such applications amongst patients which can be further validated through quantitative study.

A study of attitudes among Polish dermatologists and dermatology trainees regarding modern technologies in medicine.

IntroductionDermatology offers great potential for the use of modern technologies such as remote online consultations, initial diagnostics via smartphone and computer applications, and artificial intelligence (AI)-based support for doctors.AimTo investigate the attitude of dermatologists to such technologies.Material and methodsThe participants completed a paper questionnaire comprising 16 questions regarding data such as age, gender and advancement in specialization, as well as views on the safety, benefits and future role of technologies such as AI and telemedicine in the future of medicine. The participants were chosen by snowball sampling. In total, 140 questionnaires were obtained; this was reduced to 90 by removing 50 respondents who were not familiar with term “telemedicine”. The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis.ResultsThe prevailing opinion was that while AI will not be able to replace doctors in the future, it could be used to improve the skills of medical personnel. Among the possible applications of these technologies in medicine, most of the responses indicated disease prevention (32%) and education (26%). None of the participants indicated that telemedicine could completely replace the traditional visit to the doctor’s office.ConclusionsWhile the connection between medicine and modern technology is becoming stronger, most respondents believe that it is not possible for technologies such as AI or telemedicine to replace the work of human doctors.

Developing Secure Healthcare Video Consultations for Corona Virus (COVID-19) Pandemic

Many health networks became increasingly interactive in implementing a consulting approach to telemedicine before the COVID-19 pandemic. To mitigate patient trafficking and reduce the virus exposure in health centers, several GPs, physicians and people in the video were consulted during the pandemic at the start. Video and smartphone consultations will allow well-insulated and high-risk medical practitioners to maintain their patient care security. Video appointments include diabetes, obesity, hypertension, stroke, mental health, chemotherapy and chronic pain. Many urgent diseases, including an emergency triage for the eye, may also be used for online consultations and triages. The COVID-19 pandemic shows that healthcare option for healthy healthcare and the potential to increase to a minimum, such as video consultations, have grown quickly. The dissemination of COVID-19 viruses now aims at extending the use of Video-Health Consultations by exchanging insights and simulations of health consultations and saving costs and healthcare practices as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our paper focuses on video consulting privacy. This essay further presents the advantages and inconveniences of video consultation and its implementation.‏ This paper suggests the most recent video encryption method known as high efficiency video coding selective encryption (HEVC SE). Our video consultation schema has been improved to secure video streaming on a low calculation overhead, with the same bit rate and to ensure compatibility with the video format. The contribution is made with RC5, a low complexity computer, to encrypt subsets of bin-strings binarized in the HEVC sense using the context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC) method through the bypass binary arithmetic coding. This sequence of binstrings consists of a non-zero differential transforming cosine (DCT) coefficient bit, MVD sign bits, remainder absolute DCT suffixes and absolute MVD suffixes. This paper also examines the efficiency assessment of the use of the RC5 with its modes of operations in the HEVC CABAC SE proposed. This study chooses the best operating mode for RC5 to be used for the healthcare video consultation application. Security analysis, such as histogram analysis, correlation coefficient testing and key sensitivity testing, is presented to protect against brute force and statistical attacks for the proposed schema.

Propositions on Ecumenicity

AbstractThe 14 propositions in this article were prepared for the opening session of the international online consultation “Teaching Ecumenism in the Context of World Christianity,” organized in June 2021 by the Ecumenical Institute at Bossey and related programme units in the World Council of Churches. They were drafted as a discussion starter, based on two observations: the first is that the notion of “World Christianity,” in the sense that it is understood in the title of the conference, presupposes a critical reference to the interrelated Eurocentric projects of global modernization and Christianization; the second is the truism that the understanding of ecumenicity and the teaching of ecumenism are interwoven.

Suitability of Internet Medical Services of Hospitals from the Perspective of Suppliers

Objective To investigate the suitable services of telemedicine at present and the future from the perspective of medical service supplier,clarify the challenges in the development of telemedicine services at present,and provide evidence-based suggestions for improving the quality of telemedicine services. Methods A questionnaire was developed through literature review for the survey of telemedicine services from the perspective of service providers.From January to June in 2020,electronic questionnaires were collected from volunteers.The data were collated and analyzed by Excel 2010 and SPSS 21.0. Results A total of 614 questionnaires were distributed,and 582 effective questionnaires were collected,which showed an effective rate of 94.79%.The participants of this study were mainly young healthcare workers,including doctors,nurses,technicians,and medical students.Among them,68.73% expressed concern to telemedicine services-related work,and more than 50% only had a basic understanding of the related work.The top five developable telemedicine/healthcare services were health management,online consultation,disease re-examination,disease screening,and difficult disease consultation,which were basically consistent with the services suitable for future development. Conclusions Healthcare workers have a high degree of recognition to the development of telemedicine services,while their understanding of the related technologies remains to be improved.The available telemedicine services focus on online consultation,difficult disease consultation,and disease re-examination,while the complicated medical services need to be improved.In the future,efforts should be made to continuously improve the information construction level and narrow the regional gap of medical services,so as to promote the continuous improvement and the coordinated development of medical services between regions.

ADAPTIVE EDUCATIONAL WEB-ENVIRONMENT AIMED AT ENSURING THE ACTIVITIES OF SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF THE DEPRESSIVE REGION (ZHYTOMYR) IN THE CONDITIONS OF EDUCATIONAL NETWORK OPTIMIZATION

The article defines the terms "web-environment", "adaptive web-environment", "educational space", "depressed region".
 It is noted that the study is based on the ideas of three approaches - systemic, environmental and resource-managerial. The systemic approach is represented by the components of the educational environment – the scientific and material base, the subject-based activities, which take place in the adaptive educational web-environment. The resource-managerial approach balances the interests, abilities and capabilities of the participants of the educational process with the requirements of society in accordance with 21CS. The implementation of tasks is conditioned by the use of the environmental approach, which combines, complements and concretizes our chosen approaches.
 The following stages are allocated for the project implementation: development and creation of an adaptive web-environment; introduction of an adaptive web-environment into the educational process.
 Forms of work include the following: e-learning (synchronous and asynchronous), blended / hybrid learning, including inverted classroom, gamification, block-module learning, integrated learning, educational partnership, educational mousses (involvement of an unlimited number of educators, participation of EI in programs / courses); online network "Creative Spark" (involvement of gifted youth), brain club "Go Create" (regional cooperation in the educational web environment in the field of the latest digital technologies), online consultations, master classes.
 The following methods are proposed: teleconference, project, digital technologies, public presentations of ideas in the context of "Lesson with built-in diagnostics", "Lesson in a specialized school", "STEAM lesson", "STEM lesson".

Internet Network and Personal Non-Property Rights of Children

The article is devoted to the issues of personal non-property rights of children that ensure their natural existence and social existence as Internet users. The peculiarities of the implementation of children as Internet users of certain personal non-property rights on the Internet are formulated. It is emphasized that children who are Internet users, as participants in civil law relations are endowed with almost all the rights that characterize the general legal status of participants in such relations. An analysis of the right to eliminate the danger that threatens the lives and health of children as Internet users. It is determined that the way to protect this right of the child on the Internet is the right to file complaints against other Internet users in order to terminate their accounts, if they directly violate the requirements. It is formulated that these principles form the basis in the using of all services and social networks. It has been determined that in this way the Internet user as a child has the perspective to protect himself/herself from harmful influences in future. The article considers the right to health care due to the need to extend to the Internet user the rules that determine the legal status of the patient. There are opportunities that legal representatives, as Internet users, have the right to do through online search for the required doctor, coordinate their application with the necessary results of laboratory tests, register online consultation or visiting specialist, choose a doctor within a specialization, to solve insurance issues related to the provision of medical care via the Internet. Analysis of the right to personal inviolability shows that the social status, age or nationality of the Internet user is not important for the Internet environment. Therefore, it is emphasized that the privacy policy and rules of use of the Internet are the constant and equal for all Internet users. The right to a safe environment for life and health states that any Internet user, including Internet users as children, has the right to accurate information about the environment, the quality of food and household items, as well as the right to collect them. and proliferation through the Internet. It is emphasized that the issues of practical exercise of the right to choose the type of occupation require significant changes in labour regulations. It is proved that modern inquiries and threats of global scale push Internet users to intensify the exchange of scientific and technical information to unite their efforts in solving certain scientific issues. In general, the exercise of children as Internet users of the right to freedom of literary, artistic, scientific and technical creativity requires a separate scientific study.

A machine learning and blockchain based secure and cost-effective framework for minor medical consultations

With the ever-increasing awareness among people regarding their health, visiting a doctor has become quite common. However, with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, home-based consultations are gaining popularity. Nevertheless, the worries over privacy and the lack of willingness to assist patients by the medical professionals in the online consultation process have made current models ineffective. In this paper, we present an advanced protected blockchain-based consultation model for minor medical conditions. Our model not only ensures users’ privacy but by incorporating a calculation model, it also offers an opportunity for consulting end-users to voluntarily take part in the consultation process. Our work proposes a smart contract based on machine learning to be implemented for the prediction of a score of a professional who consults based on various prioritized parameters. This is done by using word2vec and TF-IDF weighting to classify the question and cosine similarity scores for detailed orientation analysis. Based on this score, the patient is charged, and simultaneously, the responder is awarded ether. An incentivized method leads to more accessible healthcare while reducing the cost itself.

Management Measures Implemented at the West China Hospital may help Prevent and Contain COVID-19 and Similar Outbreaks.

This article presents management processes for dealing with the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak at the West China Hospital of Sichuan University. From January to March 2020, the West China Hospital of Sichuan University established response structures and protocols, as well as integrated out-of-hospital resources, to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. A total of 8066 patients were screened, and 345 COVID-19 patients were isolated for treatment. Hospital command systems, emergency management protocols, as well as process, space, and personnel management, strengthening material reserves, and social responsibility strategies were implemented. Outbreak management aspects that required improvement included estimates of the anticipated number of cases, timely collection of patient information and feedback on the effect of outreach and online consultation methods.

The view of scientific and pedagogical workers on the peculiarities of the formation of health-preserving competence in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic among bachelors of humanities and pedagogical faculties

The view of scientific and pedagogical workers on the peculiarities of the formation of health-preserving competence among bachelors of humanities and pedagogical faculties in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. The relevance of the research topic is due to the fact that the last few years of education, and in the humanities and pedagogy in particular, due to the need to implement this process remotely and in mixed form due to the global pandemic associated with COVID-19. This causes certain objective difficulties (high-quality Internet connection for the implementation of distance learning; operational interaction of all participants in the educational process on the platforms Moodle, E-Learn, etc.) and ambiguous attitude to the quality of competencies formed by students and researchers. pedagogical staff of higher education institutions. Purpose: to determine the current state of the formed health-preserving competence with the use of pedagogical technologies in bachelors of humanities and pedagogy in the pandemic COVID-19 (according to a survey of research and teaching staff of the Free Economic Zone of Ukraine). The results of the survey show that only about 30% of the surveyed participants are completely satisfied with the level of physical health and physical fitness of future bachelors; about 50% of respondents consider it effective to conduct on-line classes and consultations for students in order to form a health- preserving competence with the use of pedagogical technologies; no more than 30% of teachers are completely satisfied with the level of health-preserving competence, taking into account the peculiarities of their future professional activity in future bachelors of humanities and pedagogy.

Telehealth is here to stay but not without challenges: a consultation of cardiac rehabilitation clinicians during COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia.

AimsDelivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) was challenged during the pandemic caused by the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), due to government stay-at-home directives which restricted in-person programmes. The Australian state of Victoria experienced the longest and most severe COVID-19 restrictions and was in lockdown for ∼6 months of 2020. We aimed to explore (i) clinicians’ experiences and perceptions and (ii) identify barriers and enablers, for delivering CR during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods and resultsVictorian members of the Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association (ACRA) were invited to attend an exploratory qualitative online consultation in November 2020. An inductive thematic analysis was undertaken, before deductively applying the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) framework to identify barriers and enablers for technology adoption in CR. Thirty members participated in a 106-min consultation. Seventeen members who provided demographics represented multiple disciplines (nursing n = 13, exercise physiology n = 3, and physiotherapy n = 1) and geographical settings (metropolitan n = 10, regional n = 4, and rural n = 3). Four main themes were inductively identified: consequences of change; use of technology; capacity; and the way forward. The deductive NASSS analysis demonstrated the main challenges of continuing remotely delivered CR lie with adopters (staff, patients, and carers) and with organizations.ConclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic expedited significant changes to CR delivery models. While clinicians are eager to retain technology-enabled delivery in addition to resuming in-person CR, it is now timely to review remote models of care, tools used and plan how they will be integrated with traditional in-person programmes.

The role of individual income tax administration in managing the competitiveness of agricultural enterprisesvv

The subject of research is theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of managing the efficiency and competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, taking into account the administration of personal income tax. The purpose of the article is to determine the role of personal income tax administration in managing the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, identify its problems and justify proposals for their solution. The methodological basis of the article is historical, monographic, system-structural analysis and synthesis, statistical and economic, accounting, problem-target. The results of the article. It is determined that the administration of personal income tax as one of the most important in filling the state budget has a significant impact on the efficiency and competitiveness of agricultural enterprises, especially in terms of the tax rate on wages and other personal income; spending time and money on taxation processes. It was found that its rate of 18,0% on the wage bill is quite rational, but it can be optimized to the world average of 16,1% or less in order to stimulate employment and the formation of the middle class in rural areas. Other problems, which concern rather large (almost 2,0 times more than the world average) expenditures of time and money), should be solved by automating accounting processes, online consultations with tax authorities, internal control over timely payment of taxes. Field of application of results. In educational institutions of higher education, in managing the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises and corporations. Conclusions. The administration of personal income tax is an important factor in shaping the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises and its management. Its impact is directly through the amount or rate of tax; the procedure for its accrual and payment; time and money costs associated with administration. It should be noted that the share of PIT in relation to wages is quite acceptable and, on average, reaches 18,0% at 16,6% of the world average. However, together with the shares of SDRs and military dues, tax accruals increase significantly and exceed the 30% barrier, which is much higher than in the European Union. In general, high wage accruals do not motivate the work of the rural population. This is especially noticeable when rent for land shares is used as a source of passive income. The next problem that needs to be addressed is the significant cost and time spent on PIT administration. It allows automation to solve. Automation of personal income tax accounting is an important part of the automation of management processes and accounting of agricultural enterprises. It provides an opportunity not only to organize the automated workplace of each accountant, but also to improve the work by creating in the accounting department responsible for keeping records of inventory and other resources; labor and wages, taxes; production; product sales.

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Family Medicine Practices in Saudi Arabia.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic is one of the largest global healthcare crises in nearly a century. To face this global health emergency, health institutions have had to readjust their functioning while ensuring the continuity of care and protecting medical staff and patients. Our aim in this study was to assess the consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak on family medicine and its practice in Saudi Arabia.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted during the period from June 30, 2020, to July 20, 2020, by posting an online survey on social media platforms (WhatsApp and Twitter) and emailing physicians individually to collect data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on family medicine and primary care practices during the period of lockdown in Saudi Arabia.ResultsA total of 382 primary healthcare (PHC) providers participated in the study (males: 213 (55.8%); females: 169 (44.2%)). The mean age and standard deviation of the population were 38.27±7.46. Most participants were from governmental health sectors. Participants revealed that they have a good level of knowledge regarding COVID-19. However, they indicated confusion regarding the knowledge due to changing recommendations or multiple-source information. Only 57.3% of respondents received relevant training on the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). The most frequently used PPE were surgical masks (100%) and gloves (98.4%). The highly protective N95 masks were used by only 55.7%. Many health care workers indicated a high rate of stress and anxiety about the COVID-19 pandemic. Data obtained are suggestive that there was a reduction in outpatient visits and a reduction in consultation time. Canceled physical examinations of the patients during the consultation were encountered most of the time. There was no shortage of medications, nasopharyngeal swabs, or sanitizers. However, an occasional lack of PPEs occurred. 64.4% of the respondents used online consultations with their patients. A shortage of health care workers during the pandemic in family medicine clinics was encountered by 63.3% of the participants.ConclusionFamily medicine practices are adversely affected by pandemics and lockdowns following them. It has been reported that COVID-19 interferes with preventive, chronic, and acute care visits and increases mental health visits. Outpatient visits have also decreased as well as the amount of time spent in consultations. In addition, the transition from in-person clinics to telemedicine has happened. Perhaps these changes will delay the diagnosis and prescription refills.

Design of Psychological Consultation System Based on Weighted Fuzzy Hybrid Algorithm

In order to overcome the problems of low security and high message delay in traditional counseling systems, this article designs and proposes a new counseling system based on the weighted hybrid algorithm. According to the principle of system design, the system architecture diagram and system role are designed. In the hardware part of the system, the user management module, online consultation module, and knowledge base module are designed to realize the psychological consultation function of the system. In the software part, the weighted hybrid algorithm is used to divide the psychological information state of the consultants effectively. Combined with the hardware and software of the system, the overall design of the system is completed. The experimental results show that, compared with the traditional consulting system, the designed system can effectively ensure the information security of consultants and reduce the message delay of the system, which has higher practical application value.

Factors influencing online orthopedic doctor\u2013patient consultations

BackgroundOnline doctor–patient consultation is a new option for orthopedic patients in China to obtain a diagnosis and treatment advice. This study explores the factors associated with online consultation to formulate operational guidelines for managing online consultations in an online medical community (OMC).MethodsAn empirical model was developed to identify the factors that influence online orthopedic doctor–patient consultations in an OMC while focusing on the perceived value of and perceived trust in online consultations. The moderating effects of different risk categories of orthopedic diseases were also considered. Data from 339 feedback surveys from orthopedic patients who used online consultation services and Stata software version 14.0 were used to estimate the model parameters and test the robustness of the empirical model.ResultsOf those who completed the feedback surveys, 53.42% were female patients, 82.27% were between 18 and 60 years old, and 61.98% sought consultations online more than 2 times per year. Model analysis demonstrated that the regression coefficients of the perceived value of and perceived trust in online consultations are 0.489 (p < 0.01) and 0.505 (p < 0.01), respectively. The interaction coefficient between disease risk and perceived value is 0.336 (p < 0.01), and the interaction coefficient between disease risk and perceived trust is − 0.389 (p < 0.01).ConclusionsOrthopedic patients’ perceived value of and perceived trust in online consultations in an OMC can significantly influence their intention to seek online disease diagnosis and treatment consultations. The effects of perceived value and perceived trust on patients' intention to consult vary significantly across different disease risk categories. Therefore, enhancing the perceived value and perceived trust of orthopedic patients is an important component of OMC operation and management.

Online medical consultation: covid-19 system using software object-oriented approach

The internet has been a source of medical information, it has been used for online medical consultation (OMC). OMC is now offered by many providers internationally with diverse models and features. In OMC, consultations and treatments are available 24/7. The covid-19 pandemic across-the-board, many people unable to go to hospital or clinic because the spread of the virus. This paper tried to answer two research questions. The first one on how the OMC can help the patients during covid-19 pandemic. A literature review was conducted to answer the first research question. The second one on how to develop system in OMC related to covid-19 pandemic. The system was developed by Visual Studio 2019 using software object-oriented approach. Online expert review was conducted within 6 experts from health and academic industry to verify the model. Also, the system was validated by 11 users from heath and academic industry to confirm its usability. The statistical package for social science (SPSS 22) was used to analyze the collected data. The result of expert review confirmed that covid-19 system can help the patients. Also, the validity of the system was confirmed by 11 users from health and academic industry.

The Society for Integrative Oncology Practice Recommendations for online consultation and treatment

The Society for Integrative Oncology Practice Recommendations for online consultation and treatment

Analysis of Empathic Dialogue in Actual Doctor-Patient Calls and Implications for Design of Embodied Conversational Agents

Embodied Conversational Agents (ECAs) are virtual agents that exhibit humanlike verbal and non-verbal behaviours. When it comes to eHealth, ECAs can provide vital support to patients by being more reachable. In order to make ECAs more effective, humanlike empathy expressed during conversation through relational cues is essential. Empathy revolves around a wide range of verbal and non-verbal behaviours that include, for example, the choice of words in social dialogues. Owing to the COVID-19 situation, there was an opportunity to record online consultations in the Incontinence Clinic and Sleep Clinic at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. The present study analysed these human dialogues using qualitative research methods to understand the role of empathic dialogue used by the medical team. The qualitative analysis of the live calls used psychology-based relational cues derived from conversational characteristics of humans to build a coding framework around the most relevant themes. Statistical analysis was used to compare relational cue usage between healthcare roles. Finally, using the framework dialogues of the medical team and two ECAs known as Dr Evie (eVirtual Agent for Incontinence and Enuresis) and SAM (Sleep Adherence Mentor) were compared to provide recommendations for health practitioners and future ECA dialogue development.

Parent and Teacher Collaboration in Home Education: Challenges, Opportunities, and Insights

The research aimed to analyze how parents and children dealt with home education as well as its effectiveness. On the so-called new normal, many impediments and disruptions came to the lives of stakeholders. Thousands of schools were forced to shut down due to financial constraints and/or issues. Parents had thought of finding an alternative way to continue with the schooling of their children. In the Philippines, a modular approach was introduced, representing the home education/schooling type of instruction. This was the purpose of the research. Five parents served as the participants of the research in which ethnography was used as its qualitative approach. It is found that homeschooling and education are proved to be responsive and relevant to many people due to tangible benefits and perks enjoyed by the learners and parents. On the other hand, parents and children also see and experience some challenges in doing the modules’ requirements. It is advised that parents, children (learners), and teachers need to work in collaboration for the successful outcomes of homeschooling. Another issue is how parents should perform an assessment with their children as learners. However, teachers should not only be there for online consultation. This method of teaching and learning is still in the process of adjustment, but soon people involved in this paradigm will realize its value and role in today’s global education and situation.