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

Giacomo Rossettini; Andrea Turolla; Þjóðbjörg Guðjónsdóttir; Eleni Kapreli; Beate Salchinger; Geert Verheyden; Alvisa Palese; Andrea Dell’Isola; John Xerri de Caro

doi:10.1007/s40670-021-01439-z

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

Giacomo Rossettini, Andrea Turolla, Þjóðbjörg Guðjónsdóttir, Eleni Kapreli, Beate Salchinger, Geert Verheyden, Alvisa Palese, Andrea Dell’Isola, John Xerri de Caro

Faculty of Medicine

University of Iceland

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2071-2083
Number of pages	13
Journal	Medical Science Educator
Volume	31
Issue number	6
Early online date	4 Nov 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01439-z
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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Open access funding provided by Lund University. © The Author(s) 2021.

Other keywords

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

UN SDGs

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

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