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Students' attitudes, skills, and self-efficacy were assessed through voluntary pre-clerkship, post-workshop, and post-OSCE surveys.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Most learners reported low confidence in their telehealth physical examinations [<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 79, mean = 1.6 (scale 0\u20135, 5 = very confident, SD = 1.0)], which improved post-workshop [<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 69, 3.3 (0.9), <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001]; almost all (97%, 70\/72) felt the workshop prepared them to see patients in the clinic. In formative OSCEs, learners demonstrated appropriate \u201cwebside manner\u201d (communication scores 94\u201399%, four items) but did not confirm confidentiality (21%) or review limitations of the visit (35%). In a low back pain OSCE, most learners assessed pain location (90%) and range of motion (87%); nearly half (48%) omitted strength testing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our telehealth curriculum demonstrated that telehealth competencies can be taught and assessed in medical student education. Improvement in self-efficacy scores suggests that an 80-min workshop can prepare students to see patients in the clinical setting. 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