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DERMOGRAPHISM AND CLINICAL CASES IN THE DEGREE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
1 University of Almería (SPAIN)
2 Hospital Universitario de Puerto Real (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: INTED2021 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 8829-8833
ISBN: 978-84-09-27666-0
ISSN: 2340-1079
doi: 10.21125/inted.2021.1842
Conference name: 15th International Technology, Education and Development Conference
Dates: 8-9 March, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
Today, technologies are permeating the entire educational system in an imperative way, demonstrating that they offer certain advantages, such as being easily accessible in most cases, since they only require an Internet connection. Certain self-learning tools enable the student to re-visualize the development of a clinical procedure or the examples of clinical cases that have been recorded, which facilitates the subsequent memorization of contents and, therefore, better learning.

Aims:
- Generate audiovisual support materials (clinical cases, anatomical mute maps) that facilitate the practical application of knowledge in the subjects of the Physiotherapy degree in a “remote or online setting” during the pandemic.
- Make dermographic representations on body tissues of different anatomical structures, such as joints and muscles, to approach the anatomy of the human body in a precise way and to record said information in audiovisual formats.
- Evaluate the degree of effectiveness of these materials with respect to other types of more traditional teaching methodologies.

Methodology:
The potential of new technological applications is used to promote online and open access learning methodologies, based on the resolution of case studies and the creation of audiovisual didactic support materials. These procedures require the involvement and active participation of both students and teachers. This process includes four phases:
1) an introduction, which generates motivation; orientation, so that the students memorize what they have learned; application, consisting of the transfer of what has been learned to the health field;
2) feedback, where students demonstrate the knowledge acquired through solving a case study.

Results:
The demonstration of practical skills in the theoretical-practical classes of the degree is carried out through procedures and the resolution of cases adapted as much as possible to the clinical and healthcare reality that the students will experience in the near future. Through this work it is intended to review content already addressed; relate knowledge (understand) and apply it to practical cases (solve) and promote the analysis of everyday or clinical situations (reason). In the “Online” scenario, procedural videos or the recording of video tutorials by the teacher are being used, and on occasions, they are complemented with existing electronic resources on the net from proven sources.

Conclusions:
The implementation of these didactic materials achieves an adequate degree of satisfaction for the students and shows that their motivation is greater during the teaching-learning process.
Keywords:
Dermographic representations, motivation, physiotherapy, case study.