Digital Entry-Level Education in Physiotherapy: a Commentary to Inform Post-COVID-19 Future Directions.

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 Digital education Entry-level Physiotherapy Student

Journal

Medical science educator
ISSN: 2156-8650
Titre abrégé: Med Sci Educ
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101625548

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Historique:
accepted: 05 10 2021
pubmed: 11 11 2021
medline: 11 11 2021
entrez: 10 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Currently, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely influences physiotherapy education which is based mostly on face-to-face teaching. Thus, educators have been compelled to adapt their pedagogical approaches moving to digital education. In this commentary, we debate on digital education highlighting its effectiveness, the users' perspectives, and its weakness in the context of physiotherapy teaching aimed at informing post-COVID-19 future directions in this educational field. Existing evidence on digital education produced before COVID-19 supports its implementation into entry-level physiotherapy education. However, some challenges (e.g. social inequality and evaluation of students) threaten its applicability in post-COVID-19 era, calling educators to take appropriate actions.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34754600
doi: 10.1007/s40670-021-01439-z
pii: 1439
pmc: PMC8567978
doi:

Types de publication

Editorial

Langues

eng

Pagination

2071-2083

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2021.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Conflict of InterestAll authors declare no competing interests.

Auteurs

Giacomo Rossettini (G)

School of Physiotherapy, University of Verona, Via Bengasi 4, 37134 Verona, Italy.

Andrea Turolla (A)

Laboratory of Rehabilitation Technologies, San Camillo IRCCS Srl, Via Alberoni 70, 30126 Venice, Italy.

Bjorg Gudjonsdottir (B)

Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Stapi At Hringbraut, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland.

Eleni Kapreli (E)

Department of Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, 3rd km Old National Road Lamia-Athen, 35100 Lamia, Greece.

Beate Salchinger (B)

Institute of Physiotherapy, FH JOANNEUM, Eggenberger Allee 13, 8020 Graz, Austria.

Geert Verheyden (G)

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Tervuursevest 101, 3001 Leuven, Belgium.

Alvisa Palese (A)

Department of Medical Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Udine, Viale Ungheria 20, 33100 Udine, Italy.

Andrea Dell'Isola (A)

Department of Clinical Sciences Orthopaedic, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Entrégatan 8, 22100 Lund, Sweden.
Department of Clinical Sciences Orthopaedics, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.

John Xerri de Caro (JX)

Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, Triq Dun Karm, L-Imsida, Msida, 2090 MSD Malta.

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