I am skeptical from the standpoint of being taught “always lay hands and eyes on the patient”. So many things can be missed with the absence of non-verbal cues just from how the patient walks into the room. Or “simple” things being more complex and missed because you didn’t listen with a stethoscope or check other things.
Personal example, played a football game on astroturf. Several cuts and scraps became infected afterwards (the school didn’t do proper maintenance). If an online visit, get an antibiotic. In real life, listen to heart to make sure I didnt’ have a murmur that was new (could be heart valve infection on top of skin infection). Temperature, capillary refill, how was I breathing, etc, all checking for signs of a systemic infection/sepsis which is an entirely different ballgame.
I can see where this is a good thing with established relationships and controlled diseases or for people in remote locations. But for new patients and new diseases, too many pit falls that people want to brush aside.