Tag: physiotherapy education

Knowledge, skills and perceptions of COVID-19 among physiotherapy students in the United Arab Emirates: A Qualitative Study

Abeer Farghaly, Fahad Alanazi, Sunitha Mysore

Abeer Farghaly, Fahad Alanazi, Sunitha Mysore – Knowledge, skills and perceptions of COVID-19 among physiotherapy students in the United Arab Emirates: A Qualitative Study. Fizjoterapia Polska 2021; 21(1); 64-72

Abstract
Aims. The aims of this qualitative study were to explore how physiotherapy students in the United Arab Emirates employed their knowledge and skills to stay safe during COVID-19, and utilized their critical appraisal skills in verifying public information on COVID-19. Material and methods. Forty-four undergraduate physiotherapy students were recruited for the study from health science educational institute in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. One to one semi-structured interviews were conducted and, the data was analyzed using thematic analysis.
Result & Conclusion. The study found that during COVID-19, the students of physiotherapy were updated with the necessary information to understand the newly emerged virus. The participants played an active role in educating themselves and their families about infection control measures and maintained proper hygiene to stay safe during the pandemic. Additionally, participants were able to critically analyse information using the knowledge and skills learnt in their program. Moreover, hands on experiences incorporated with respiratory modules were particularly found to be useful for students, as they seemed to have acceptable and updated knowledge on symptoms of COVID-19, the mechanism of infection transmission and physiotherapy interventions. The study also highlighted the need to integrate more hands-on approaches to the current curriculum in order to meet the growing need for health care professional to combat the COVID-19.
Key words:
COVID-19, Physiotherapy students, physiotherapy education, physiotherapy knowledge and skills, critical appraisal skills, family health
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Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning

Thirumalaya Balaraman, Narasimman Swaminathan, Zbigniew Śliwiński, Marek Kiljański

T. Balaraman, N. Swaminathan, Z. Śliwiński, M. Kiljański – Blended Learning in Physiotherapy Education: Magic Mix That Improves Quality of Student Learning. FP 2016;16(4);24-28

Abstract

Background.
Teaching face to face and partly online is called blended teaching. In practical oriented subjects like physiotherapy more hands on training is required. Hence online teaching may not help to meet the learning outcomes. But a combination of face to face and online may be very effective in delivering the course contents. In this paper the effect of blended teaching on students learning is discussed.
Aim.
The aim of this paper is to discuss the efficacy of blended learning to improve the quality of student learning in physiotherapy education.
Materials and methods.
At INTI International University, we delivered physiotherapy selected courses in blended mode using various tools in the Blackboard platform. We also used zoom and skype to deliver in-classroom lectures with international expert from overseas. The efficacy of this method was evaluated through student’s feedback and performance in the formative and summative assessments
Results.
The students participated in these courses perceived blended teaching strategies very effective and convenient. Blended learning encouraged more collaboration between students which was evident based on their summative exam scores.
Conclusion.
Blended teaching strategies may be effective in physiotherapy education to improve the quality of students learning. A higher quality studies will provide more evidence.

Key words:
blended learning, physiotherapy education, physiotherapy education,

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