Improving professional practice by using the Internet

Abstract

The paper recounts the use of a tool, called Physio-net, that integrates text and video as an aid to reflection and which has been developed for a course on professional practice. Practitioners develop video for viewing by students and can then use these as a developing dialogue between students and teachers, clinicians and physiotherapists. <br>Initial research into the effectiveness of the tool demonstrate that this is an effective tool for developing reflection by students, and is also of extremely useful as a tool for practitioners to reflect on their own practice. This is also a medium which enables students and teachers to develop skills of balanced and friendly criticism. <br>The conclusion is that it is the blending of these three, aspects, the use of text, the use of video, and a community of trust between participants, that has led to the successful implentation of the platform.