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Using online multimedia to teach practical skills

Dec 12, 2016

in Assessment, Physiotherapy, Technology

demonstration, objective structured practical exam, observation, osce, physiotherapy techniques, practical skills, techniques

During 2016 I supervised an undergraduate research group in my department and we looked at the possibility of using multimedia – including video, images and text – to teach students practical skills. Traditionally, we teach these skills by having the lecturer demonstrate the technique on a model while the class watches. Students then break into small…
Sharing? Collaboration? No thanks

Aug 5, 2011

in Education, Learning, Students, Technology

collaboration, demonstration, Google Docs, groupwork, sharing, spinal cord injury, wiki

Last week I took our third year students to see a demonstration of the management of a patient with spinal cord injury as part of the Movement Science module that I teach. I noticed that during the demonstration many of them were taking pretty comprehensive notes, and thought that this would be a great opportunity…