Abstract:

Introduction:
The clinical practices are the stays made by the students of a degree in Health Sciences in health centres. Different levels intervene in its planning and development. On the one hand, the academic coordinators (university professors) of the subjects and, on the other hand, the clinical tutors (physiotherapists). The control of these practices and their subsequent evaluation entail an overload of work for all the agents involved. For this reason, a Web platform of Clinical Practices has been designed that will facilitate the action of the representatives involved in the supervision and evaluation of the Clinical Practicum subjects in the Physiotherapy degree of the University of Cadiz (UCA).

Methodology:
Revision of the teaching plans published in the Web sites of the Andalusian Universities. Revision and selection of the necessary documentation for the design of the platform. Design and structuring of the platform. The working group was made up of professors from the Physiotherapy Area, the Directorate of the Informatics Area and the General Directorate of Information Systems of the UCA.

Results:
A Web platform has been designed, which can be visited at the following link: http://practicumfisio.virtualmindj3.uca.es/ (requires username and password). Currently, the tool allows the automatic assignment of students to the practice centres and their corresponding clinical tutor; the possibility of communication between students and academic coordinators for exchanges following the assignment of centres; the downloading of supervision and evaluation documents; the uploading of work related to the practice; as well as the final review and qualification of students.

Conclusions:
The use of this ICT tool facilitates the management of the tasks assigned according to the action profiles, making them simpler and more agile; and improves the control and supervision of the grades that students obtain in clinical practice.

Keywords:

Education, phisiotherapy, physical therapy, clinical practices.