Bachelor of Physiotherapy Students - Use of Online Technology as Part of their Learning Practices: a Case Study

Aim of this study is to identify areas of need within clinical education, to explore what all tools students are familiar with and whether those tools have the potential to meet the identified needs of clinical education and are the students using those tools as part of their learning practices. The results of this study will be used to help in deciding future clinical education and research practices in physiotherapy.

Cross sectional, descriptive design.

This study was conducted in Physiotherapy Institute, offering Bachelor of Physiotherapy, in the year 2012–13 among all undergraduate physiotherapy students (N=189). Data was collected by means of survey questionnaire with closed and open ended questions.

Ninety five percent (95%) had internet access at home, 82% reported using the internet during the learning process but 80% of the students think that lectures are still a beer way of studying and face to face contact with teacher is important. Almost everybody felt that if lectures were integrated with technology they become more informative and interesting.