Physical Encounters Research Articles

The audible and the inaudible in a post-digitised world: Preserving both sound and object

Analogue audio materials often exhibit indexical traces of recording, editing and playback that offer insight to society’s relationship with recorded sound as it has changed over time. The obsolescence of analogue audio media has rapidly ushered the experience of sound recordings into the digital environment. As archives race to digitise analogue media before the media degrade too far to allow playback, it is important to capture a holistic representation of sound recordings. This paper addresses the challenges to preserve and make accessible the physical and often inaudible content of analogue audio media. The paper outlines approaches to enrich preserved content of audio recordings, especially as data must stand in for a physical encounter with the media, and illustrates ways to enhance the access experience that encourage discovery and research of the creative practices of audio recording.

Double-network thermocells with extraordinary toughness and boosted power density for continuous heat harvesting

Double-network thermocells with extraordinary toughness and boosted power density for continuous heat harvesting

Objects of Migration—Photo-Objects of Art History: Encounters in an Archive

The essay focuses on an unsighted archive of migration that preserves numerous discarded objects from undocumented migration into Europe. This “trash” was recovered and stored by the artists Massimo Ricciardo and Thomas Kilpper, for whom the objects signify one of the most urgent societal challenges of our time. In the installation “Objects of Migration—Photo Objects of Art History,” Ricciardo introduced some of these objects into the physical space of the Photothek of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz to engage in a dialog with the photographical documents of this art-historical photo archive. That physical encounter between two completely different archives and objects raised questions about the significance and value of such objects of migration and their archive in regard to cultural memory and temporalities of cultural heritage.

Plastic Surgeons Nationwide Share Experience Regarding Telemedicine in Initial Patient Screening and Routine Postoperative Visits.

Summary:Physicians attempted to continue providing patient care through the SARS-CoV2 (COVID-19) pandemic. Surgeons embraced telemedicine as patient evaluation transitioned from physical encounters to virtual appointments. However, there is a paucity in the literature on the utility of telemedicine within plastic surgery or how it can meet patients’ needs. A survey study was created to assess surgeons’ involvement and experience with telemedicine. Subjective experience was assessed on a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree). This survey was distributed to the members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Data were collected and analyzed via RedCap. Of the total 177 plastic surgeons who responded, 139 (78.5%) surgeons reported the implementation of telemedicine during the pandemic. Plastic surgeons felt that they were able to establish rapport (3.9 ± 0.9), meet the goals of the encounter (3.6 ± 1.0), and efficiently evaluate patients (3.5 ± 1.2). Plastic surgeons reported their overall experience was between helpful and neutral (3.2 ± 1.3). Most plastic surgeons have implemented telemedicine in their practice. The majority of telemedicine use was for breast, cosmetic, and reconstructive patient care. Telemedicine was most frequently used for initial patient screening and routine postoperative visits. Surgeons plan to continue using telemedicine when appropriate for patient screening and routine or unexpected postoperative visits in the future. Many have found utility of telemedicine in providing patient care and it is likely that telemedicine will be a part of routine practice moving forward.

Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentation and severity of traumatic injury due to physical child abuse across US children's hospitals

BackgroundPhysical child abuse affects 9 in every 1,000 children in the United States and associated traumatic injuries are often identified by the healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified risk factors for physical child abuse and increased avoidance of the healthcare system. This study examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on presentation and severity of physical child abuse. MethodsA retrospective, cross-sectional study utilizing the Pediatric Health Information System was performed. An interrupted time series analysis estimated the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of children <15 years old presenting with physical child abuse to children's hospitals from March 1st to June 30th of 2020 by comparing to those presenting during the same period for years 2016–2019. Hierarchical regression models estimated the effect of the pandemic on likelihood of operative intervention, ICU admission, traumatic brain injury, and mortality. ResultsOver the study period, 20,346 physical child abuse encounters were reported by 47 children's hospitals. An interrupted times series model predicted a significant decline in cases due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, representing a deficit of 2,645 cases (p = 0.001). Children presenting during the pandemic had increased odds of requiring ICU admission (p = 0.03) and having a traumatic brain injury in those under 5 years of age (p=<0.001). ConclusionsThe number of children with physical child abuse presenting to children's hospitals significantly declined during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those that did were more likely to be severe. The pandemic may be a risk factor for worse outcomes associated with physical child abuse.

ATHLETE IDENTITY AND COMMON BENEFITS AND BARRIERS TO SPORT PARTICIPATION AMONGST ADOLESCENT SLED HOCKEY PLAYERS

Background:The physical, psychological, and social benefits of sports participation in adolescents have been well reported in the able-bodied population. However, those with physical disabilities encounter many barriers to participating in sports, which limits access to these benefits. Additionally, due to their disabilities, these individuals are often not viewed as athletes by the general population and therefore may not identify as one themselves. Purpose:Our study seeks to use qualitative research techniques to identify the themes influencing adolescents’ participation in sled hockey and determine their identity as athletes. Methods:Cross-sectional qualitative interview. Our IRB approved study recruited athletes at sled hockey practices and tournaments where interviews were moderated and transcribed. Transcriptions were coded according to common themes mapped in Figure 1. Results:We surveyed 19 youth sled hockey players (range 10-24 years old, mean 15.3) with multiple physical disabilities, the most common diagnosis being spina bifida (14) (Table 1). Our qualitative analysis identified the most prevalent themes that influence participation in adaptive sports to be: social factors, intrapersonal factors, motivators to start sport, access, physical and mental health, and athletic identity (Figure 1).Initial motivators to start involvement included encouragement from parents, role models, adapted sports organizations, healthcare providers or personal interest in the sport itself. Despite the perceived medical and financial barriers, support from teammates and funding assistance in purchasing equipment facilitated continued involvement.Our population also reported many perceived benefits to continued participation in adaptive sports, each reporting “having fun” while playing a sport they “love”. Other benefits were connecting with friends of similar disabilities and capabilities, who encourage them, serve as role models, and make them feel included. Furthermore, the mentorship the coaches provide, pushing the athletes to achieve, creates an atmosphere of competitiveness and a feeling of physical and mental wellbeing. Ultimately, this competitive environment allows for formation of an athletic identity, reported by 18 out of the 19 interviewees. Conclusions:Despite encountering barriers to participating in a team sport that requires expensive equipment and travel and negotiating the limitations of physical disabilities requiring frequent medical procedures and time away from sport, the overpowering benefits of participation allow majority of our adolescent population to thrive and to identify as athletes. Among the main facilitators to continued involvement are mentorship and support from coaches and parents, comradery and competition, all which lead to physical and mental wellbeing and feeling of inclusiveness and accomplishment.Figure 1:Coding map illustrating the results of analysis: Themes and subthemes that influence participation in adaptive sports.

ENGLISH LEARNING MANAGEMENT IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 AT YOUNG LEARNER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF STKIP BINA INSAN MANDIRI

As a Teaching and Education College, STKIP Bina Insan Mandiri, especially the English Learning management at young learner departement that has the courage to take steps to make online learning an opportunity to transform education. There are several steps that can be a collective reflection in improving the education system, especially related to online learning. Online learning usually, the instructors are in separate locations so that it requires an interactive telecommunication system to connect the two and the various resources needed in it. Electronic learning (e-learning) or online learning (online) is part of distance education that specifically combines electronic technology and technology for English learning.&#x0D; In qualitative research here, it is related for making notes that really need to be done in order to make data analysis. Note making can be done while conducting interviews or while still conducting interviews, observations, and documentation. By using the documentation, method means collecting data by recording existing data.&#x0D; Documents can be in the form of writings, pictures, or works of someone. So, online learning used as an effort to learn from lecturers, which is to focus more on efforts to transfer knowledge and skills for the students. This policy can also encourage students to be more innovative and creative in learning (students centered learning) especially at young learner departement STKIP Bina Insan Mandiri.&#x0D; The physical encounter will not be abandoned even though the advancement of virtual and digital technology is getting thicker. Even though the Covid-19 outbreak will be last for a long time, we must think about patterns and methods of physical and social learning that are safe for everyone. The development of communication and digital technology has a significant role that academics can make the wide using to look a brighter future, especially at STKIP Bina Insan Mandiri, for Young Learner Departement in English Language teaching.

Jaroslav Bařinka: Reflections on Czechoslovak-Korean Cold-War Encounters

Jaroslav Bařinka, the leading Czech scholar of Korean Studies, founding figure of Korean Studies in Czechoslovakia, and among the longest-serving Czech diplomats operating in both Koreas, died at the age of 89 years on 3 October 2020. Bařinka had made invaluable contributions introducing Korean traditional culture, archeology and literature to non-Korean audiences based on his extensive travels in the Koreas, Japan and China. He served as an interpreter and Second Secretary at the Czechoslovak embassy in Pyongyang starting in 1955 and as late as 1976. He was the first civilian Czech to visit ROK back in 1970, returning during the 1988 Olympics and in 1991 as Czechoslovakia’s – and in 1993 Czech Republic’s – first charge d'affaires to Seoul. He was notorious for his meticulous note-taking, sharp eyes and sound technical mind. To the moment of his death he could talk at length about metallurgical deposits across Czechia and North Korea, and their extraction and chemical properties – or about Confucian writings and architecture. This article recounts Bařinka’s experiences from his long career in Korean scholarship, interpretation and diplomacy, with the aim to shed light on Czechoslovak–Korean political relations, scholarly and cultural exchange, and physical encounters. It is a record of conversations based on fifteen long interviews with Bařinka taking place between October 16, 2014 and August 13, 2019. The substantive content and style follow Bařinka’s presentation as closely as possible, and errors, omissions and biases are not carefully flagged, with the aim to accurately reflect Bařinka’s own narrative. In instances where editorial intervention is possible, references to sources of additional information and corroborations of Bařinka’s account are separated clearly from Bařinka’s own account.

Strategies to Increase Self-, Student, and Discipline Advocacy in Adapted Physical Education

While sharing some characteristics with their general physical education colleagues, adapted physical educators also face unique challenges related to their role. For example, both general and adapted physical education teachers encounter stress stemming from the marginalized nature of their discipline but may navigate such experiences differently. Adapted physical education teachers often serve in itinerant roles travelling among multiple schools and may provide services for upwards of 100 students. They must also have a functional understanding of a wide variety of disabilities, individualize instruction for each student, collaborate with service providers across several schools, and be an active team member in the individualized education program process. As a result, they may need to advocate for themselves, their students, and the role of the discipline in different and unique ways. Drawing from research on general and adapted physical education teacher socialization, and available research-informed practices, the purpose of this paper is to describe the unique stressors associated with teaching adapted physical education and strategies they may implement as part of local advocacy.

Measuring the Harlem Renaissance: The U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary FormOn Sympathetic Grounds: Race, Gender, and Affective Geographies in Nineteenth-Century North America

Measuring the Harlem Renaissance: The U.S. Census, African American Identity, and Literary FormOn Sympathetic Grounds: Race, Gender, and Affective Geographies in Nineteenth-Century North America

Teaching and learning during a pandemic: Implications for democratic citizenship education

The assumption that teaching and learning can only manifest with face-to-face encounters and that virtual teaching and learning only occurs through digitization and technology is perhaps indefensible. Teaching‒learning does not happen only through physical encounters, and virtual teaching‒learning does not need relevant forms of technology. Teaching‒learning is an autonomous pedagogical act before it even transcends into acts of deliberative engagement. Unless teachers and students internalize forms of self-directed teaching and learning – that is, they learn what it means to act autonomously, teaching–learning in itself would not become the transformative space many teachers and students perhaps expect it to be.

Diasporic mothering and Somali diaspora formation in the Netherlands

This article addresses how Somali women from the Netherlands participate in digital diaspora formation. It specifically takes the lens of ‘diasporic mothering’ understood as a site where difference and belonging are negotiated through work of cultural reproduction, collective identity construction and stable homemaking. I first analytically distinguish between two generations of Somali women on the basis of their arrival trajectory and their socio-economic background at the time of their living in Somalia. Second, by foregrounding Somali women’s lived experiences, I show how their participation in diaspora formation is shaped by both mothering practices, and local and national Dutch policy approaches to migration. Last, I argue that the specificities of the local and national Dutch context favours rather physical and neighbourhood-based diaspora encounters, while de-centring the role of digital media in the initial formation of diaspora networks.

Prominence of Information Richness in Accepting Online Based Self-Service Technologies

Most of the service organizations are now moving to provide their services at a remote basis with Self-Service Technologies (SSTs). This is a natural outcome of technological maturity and would be the norm of many service transactions in future. Currently in many of the services, customers have the choice to use either SSTs or physical service encounters with service employees according to their desire. However, the future is predicted to replace many service employees with self-service machines and humanoid robots. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the service organizations to make their customers ready for such a future. Use of self-service technologies typically take place without the presence of organization’s service staff. Thus, machines should provide necessary guidance and instructions to customers so that they can perform well without difficulties. If SSTs are not rich with information, customers would be in trouble without proceeding with their transactions successfully. Therefore, the quality of information would be a matter for successful online based self -service transactions. Thus, the aim of this study is to understand the information richness in online based self-service technologies from the customer perspective. Using the qualitative approach, semi structured interviews were conducted with 25 individuals who have experience in using online based SSTs. The study found seven key factors which determine the richness of information in online platforms namely ‘Relevance, Timeliness, Accuracy, Clarity, Consistency, Sufficiency and Simplicity’. The study enriches the theoretical landscapes by broadening the understanding on significance of information richness in accepting online based self-service technologies while on practical ground provides insights for service providers in designing their SSTs with rich and necessary information which is required to perform successful transactions.

The carbon footprint of a scientific community: A survey of the historians of mobility and their normalized yet abundant reliance on air travel

This paper presents a survey conducted among the community of transport historians, on the occasion of the annual conference of the main association in this field, T2M. The survey collected quantitative and qualitative data on air travel by these scholars during 2019. The paper discusses the weight of social factors (gender, academic position, age) in the carbon footprint of these researchers due to flying. It shows the strong dependence of this community on flying, perceived as the only system likely to meet the need for physical encounters, particularly for conferences and the life of academic networks. It also shows that these historians see the issue of the airplane as a moral problem for which their institutions are expected to propose solutions. However, the scale of the weight of long-haul flights seems to be underestimated by the scholars' perception, while it raises questions about the ability to find alternative solutions.

Building Yanhuitlan: Art, Politics, and Religion in the Mixteca Alta since 1500

Fieldwork in Mexico's Mixteca Alta, a highland region in the northwestern portion of Oaxaca, immerses the researcher into a physical encounter with the imposing church complexes that stretch across the mountains. These structures bear witness to a decades-long effort by the Dominicans in the sixteenth century to build churches that would serve as centers to evangelize the local population. The most impressive of the convents is the one at Yanhuitlan, a powerful head town in the Mixteca's southeast. As Alessia Frassani explains in Building Yanhuitlan, the precinct functions as a useful case study to analyze changes in local politics and the role of art in shaping power during the colonial period. Frassani argues that the convent's multiple roles—as ritual center, school, and public building—helped define the way that different social actors negotiated access to land and economic resources. A rich array of sources, including pictorial manuscripts, engravings, and notarial records as well as architectural photographs, crucifixes, and paintings, allow Frassani to reconstruct the convent's complex history.The life of the convent begins with the leveraging of Native labor and the ability to raise capital. The book's first two chapters establish the sociopolitical and economic history of Yanhuitlan during the sixteenth century, when powerful figures, including an influential cacique and a wealthy encomendero, shaped strategic alliances between Dominicans, Spaniards, and the Native elite. One of Frassani's major contentions challenges long-standing narratives in art and architectural history that suggest that a process of Hispanicization gradually but systematically destroyed Indigenous cultural expression. The author forcefully argues that to see things in this light obscures the numerous ways in which Yanhuitecos engaged, renovated, and invested in the convent. The third and fourth chapters examine ritual and evangelical activities through the lens of material culture. Photographs of architectural details of the convent, such as carvings, masonry, statues, and wooden crosses, help the author illustrate the manner in which missionaries “turned painting and books into performative objects capable of moving between official exigencies and local practice” (p. 35). Material culture, Frassani proposes, helps us sharpen our vision of the ways in which different forms of religious practice coexisted despite efforts by authorities to stamp out unorthodox customs.Frassani's microhistorical approach, a deep dive into the goals and expectations of Yanhuitlan's social networks, helps expand our understanding of the strategies used by Indigenous leaders, hereditary Mixtec rulers known as yya, Catholic priests, and Spanish officials to negotiate power. In the fifth chapter, Frassani analyzes an early eighteenth-century complaint against the town of Yanhuitlan by the yya, who sought to restore the privileges that royal authorities had granted to his ancestors in the sixteenth century. He wanted to reclaim the casa del cacique, a dwelling that formed “part of a long Mesoamerican tradition of royal architecture, with residential and political/diplomatic functions, that found new expressions in the early postconquest period” (p. 66). Disputes between parties in Oaxaca typically included witness testimonies, complaints, boundary measurements, and petitions that could date back 200 years. Frassani navigates these records with aplomb, demonstrating not only that towns and rulers used the legal system to mitigate disputes but also that multiple corporate entities in Yanhuitlan eroded as a result of changing religious and cultural norms.The author's commitment to ethnographic research allows her to offer a refreshing account of religion that skillfully connects the present to the past. Images, she writes, circulated widely across social spheres and cut through a variety of ritual practices. In the last chapter, Frassani traces the lives of processional sculptures, finely decorated wooden crucifixes and figures of archangels made during the colonial period. She analyzes the role that these objects play in shaping contemporary discourse on social memory and identity, observing that the shared cost of hosting celebrations during the ritual calendar and gathering for public performances reinforces the bonds of community. Mass migration due to lack of economic opportunities threatens to destroy these long-standing customs and rituals.Building Yanhuitlan looks beyond the architectural details of one of the early colonial era's most impressive buildings. Readers will delight in Frassani's lively prose as much as in the beautiful color plates and the black-and-white images that illustrate every chapter. Likewise, she provides useful appendixes, which include transcriptions of agreements between subject and head towns, contracts with artists, account records, and inventories of religious images. Historians of art and architecture, ethnohistorians, anthropologists, and religious scholars will find Frassani's detailed visual analysis, painstaking archival research, and critical reading of sources thoughtful and well balanced.

Recommending encounters according to the sociodemographic characteristics of patient strata can reduce risks from type 2 diabetes.

Physician encounters with patients with type 2 diabetes act as motivation for self-management and lifestyle adjustments that are indispensable for diabetes treatment. We elucidate the sociodemographic sources of variation in encounter usage and the impact of encounter usage on glucose control, which can be used to recommend encounter usage for different sociodemographic strata of patients to reduce risks from Type 2 diabetes. We analyzed data from a multi-facility clinic in the Midwestern United States on 2124 patients with type 2 diabetes, from 95 ZIP codes. A zero-inflated Poisson model was used to estimate the effects of various ZIP-code level sociodemographic variables on the encounter usage. A multinomial logistic regression model was built to estimate the effects of physical and telephonic encounters on patients' glucose level transitions. Results from the two models were combined in marginal effect analyses. Conditional on patients' clinical status, demographics, and insurance status, significant inequality in patient encounters exists across ZIP codes with varying sociodemographic characteristics. One additional physical encounter in a six-month period marginally increases the probability of transition from a diabetic state to a pre-diabetic state by 4.3% and from pre-diabetic to the non-diabetic state by 3.2%. Combined marginal effect analyses illustrate that a ZIP code in the lower quartile of high school graduate percentage among all ZIP codes has 1 fewer physical encounter per six months marginally compared to a ZIP code at the upper quartile, which gives 5.4% average increase in the probability of transitioning from pre-diabetic to diabetic. Our results suggest that policymakers can target particular patient groups who may have inadequate encounters to engage in diabetes care, based on their immediate environmental sociodemographic characteristics, and design programs to increase their encounters to achieve better care outcomes.

India in Florence: Angelo de Gubernatis and the shaping of Italian Orientalism (1860-1900)

ABSTRACT Florence as the capital for a new united Italy became a flourishing, and brief, centre for indian studies. This experience was always entangled with Angelo De Gubernatis’s biography and initiatives and when he left for Rome, the city lost its role. Having decided to leave his rich and prolific archive in Florence’s main public library meant, however, that Gubernatis returned to the city and placed it on the map of 19th century “oriental studies”. Through congresses, exhibitions, museums, a worldwide network of correspondents, journals, academic teaching and travel writing and the protagonism of Angelo de Gubernatis, “oriental”, “India” and “Sanskrit” became recurrent words in the Renaissance city and spaces of physical and intellectual encounter between scholars of different origins. In my paper I will also analyse how the investment in “oriental studies” became part of a strategy of affirmation of the new nation of Italy within Europe and within a wider geography were knowledge circulated through written, visual and material forms.

Automated Coding of Under-Studied Medical Concept Domains: Linking Physical Activity Reports to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

Linking clinical narratives to standardized vocabularies and coding systems is a key component of unlocking the information in medical text for analysis. However, many domains of medical concepts, such as functional outcomes and social determinants of health, lack well-developed terminologies that can support effective coding of medical text. We present a framework for developing natural language processing (NLP) technologies for automated coding of medical information in under-studied domains, and demonstrate its applicability through a case study on physical mobility function. Mobility function is a component of many health measures, from post-acute care and surgical outcomes to chronic frailty and disability, and is represented as one domain of human activity in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). However, mobility and other types of functional activity remain under-studied in the medical informatics literature, and neither the ICF nor commonly-used medical terminologies capture functional status terminology in practice. We investigated two data-driven paradigms, classification and candidate selection, to link narrative observations of mobility status to standardized ICF codes, using a dataset of clinical narratives from physical therapy encounters. Recent advances in language modeling and word embedding were used as features for established machine learning models and a novel deep learning approach, achieving a macro-averaged F-1 score of 84% on linking mobility activity reports to ICF codes. Both classification and candidate selection approaches present distinct strengths for automated coding in under-studied domains, and we highlight that the combination of (i) a small annotated data set; (ii) expert definitions of codes of interest; and (iii) a representative text corpus is sufficient to produce high-performing automated coding systems. This research has implications for continued development of language technologies to analyze functional status information, and the ongoing growth of NLP tools for a variety of specialized applications in clinical care and research.

A pilot study investigating the social contact patterns of Korean elderly.

This pilot study describes the characteristics of social contact patterns of the elderly, a group at high-risk for contracting infections. A cross-sectional design was used. Participants included 30 volunteers aged 65years or older. Records of a contact diary were maintained for a period of 24-hr. Thirty participants recorded 340 contacts within the 24hr period, with a mean of 11.3 people daily. Physical encounters accounted for 50.9% of contacts. Participants with an occupation had significantly higher contacts than those without (p=.013). Contact type differed by location and duration (p<.001). Contact locations included: home (11.5%), work (2.4%), elderly welfare facilities (32.9%), transport (1.2%), and other places (52.1%). Contact duration (p<.001) and frequency (p<.001) differed by location. Contact duration differed by frequency (p<.001). The elderly participate in frequent physical contact that increases their risk of infection, especially among those with an occupation in comparison to those without an occupation. Infection control nursing should focus on providing education to reduce the risk of infections during contact events. Social distancing should be applied to limited periods of infection transmission risk.

Rapid Implementation of Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives and Preferences of Patients with Cancer

IntroductionThe use of telemedicine in oncology practice is rapidly expanding and is considered safe and cost effective. However, the implications of telemedicine on patient‐physician interaction, patient satisfaction, and absence of the personal touch have not been studied to date. Following the spread of COVID‐19, telemedicine services were rapidly incorporated at the Oncology Division of Tel Aviv Medical Center. We aimed to evaluate patients' perspectives and preferences regarding telemedicine and to assess whether this virtual communication platform affects the patient‐physician relationship.MethodsBetween March 2020 and May 2020, adult cancer patients who conducted at least one successful telemedicine meeting were interviewed by trained medical personnel. The interview was based on validated patient satisfaction questionnaires and focused on patient‐physician interaction in relation to the last in‐patient visit.ResultsOf 236 patients, 172 (74%) patients agreed to participate. The study population comprised mainly patients with gastrointestinal malignancies (n = 79, 46%) with a median age of 63 years (range 21–88). The majority of patients were male (n = 93, 54%). Eighty‐nine (51.7%) patients were receiving active oncologic treatment, and 58 (33.7%) were under routine surveillance following completion of active therapy. Almost all had a sense of secured privacy (n = 171, 96%), the majority of patients affirmed that their concerns were met (n = 166, 93%) and perceived that eye contact with the treating physician was perceived (n = 156, 87%). Only a minority felt that the absence of physical clinic visits harmed their treatment (n = 36, 20%). Most patients (n = 146, 84.9%) wished to continue telemedicine services. A multivariate analysis revealed that higher satisfaction and visits for routine surveillance were both predictors of willingness to continue future telemedicine meetings over physical encounters (odds ratio [OR] = 2.41, p = .01; OR = 3.34, p = .03, respectively).ConclusionTelemedicine is perceived as safe and effective, and patients did not feel that it compromised medical care or the patient‐physician relationship. Integration of telemedicine is ideal for patients under surveillance after completion of active oncologic treatment. Physician communication skills workshops are warranted with implementing this platform.Implications for PracticeDuring the COVID‐19 pandemic, telemedicine was rapidly implemented worldwide to facilitate continuity of quality care and treatment. Despite many potential setbacks, telemedicine has become a useful and safe tool for oncology practitioners to care for their patients. The use of telemedicine regarding patients' perspectives, emotions, and patient‐physician communication in daily oncology practice has not been studied to date. This study demonstrated telemedicine is perceived as safe and effective and does not compromise medical care or the patient‐physician relationship. Its use is ideal for surveillance after completion of active oncologic treatment. Physician communication skills workshops are warranted with implementing this platform.