Websites improve practical skills performance in physiotherapy education¶
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q3 i? Groups using websites showed improvement in practical skills performance across five studies (four RCTs and one CT). → Mącznik Aleksandra K. 2015
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Mącznik Aleksandra K. 2015¶
Mącznik Aleksandra K., Ribeiro Daniel Cury, Baxter G. David. (2015). Online technology use in physiotherapy teaching and learning: a systematic review of effectiveness and users’ perceptions. BMC Medical Education. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4587774/
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Systematic review synthesis of five studies (four RCTs, one CT) investigating websites including web-based tutorials and online repositories with videos and patient-therapist simulations. The review reports "All showed an improvement in practical skills in the groups using websites."
"Effects of websites on practical skills performance was investigated in five studies: four RCTs [23–26, 27] and one CT [27]. The websites included web-based tutorials, or online repositories with videos and patient-therapist simulations. All showed an improvement in practical skills in the groups using websites."
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