Project learning for physiotherapeutic reasoning on spinal pain during COVID-19 quarantine

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The COVID-19 brought physical isolation affecting the usual development of academic activities. The physiotherapy career took on a greater challenge, as many of its contents require a practical component of intercorporality. Thus, the objective of this article is to describe the pedagogical experience around project-based learning for clinical reasoning about spinal pain during quarantine in physiotherapy students from University of La Sabana. Methods: A Project was created in according to the health demands of people performing telework or virtual study, because of the risk of cervical-back-low back pain associated with the workplace and postural habits. The Project had 3 phases, a diagnosis, the second to develop educational material, a final of disclosure. Results: Faced with the COVID-19 quarantine, physiotherapy students had to adapt to different challenges in order to achieve meaningful learning from virtuality;this allowed the development of skills for clinical reasoning, based on the methodology of project-based learning through the formation of work teams that used ICTs to create dissemination materials related to spinal pain. Conclusion: Project-based learning mediated by ICTs for the clinical reasoning of spinal pain in physical therapy students resulted as a positive experience for development of academic content to acquire learning competencies. © 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U.