Manual Therapy Taught Online
Manual therapy is the foundation of chiropractic education and is the work of students and others toward a level of skill and expertise that is considered competent to work in the field of chiropractic. due to the COVID-19 pandemic, chiropractic programs in all regions of the world have had to make rapid changes in the delivery of technical education in manual The COVID-19 pandemic has required chiropractic programs in all regions of the world to make rapid changes in the delivery of technical education in manual therapy, but it is unclear how these changes will be affected.
The purpose of this study was to
was to describe the immediate actions taken to provide manual therapy education in chiropractic programs and to summarize the experiences of scholars teaching manual therapy during the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using a qualitative descriptive approach, the
The immediate actions taken by chiropractic programs to provide manual therapy education during the COVID-19 pandemic were described. Chiropractic programs were identified from the web pages of the International Council on Chiropractic Education and the American Council on Chiropractic Education, and during May-June 2020, these programs will provide instruction in manual therapy techniques or A sample of convenience scholars who teach were invited by email to participate in an online survey that included open-ended questions.
Responses were entered into an NVivo software program and analyzed using recursive thematic analysis by a qualitative researcher independent of the data collection.
Results.
Data from 16 scholars in 13 separate chiropractic programs revealed five interrelated themes.These are the willingness to move to online delivery, the impact on learning and teaching, the challenges faced by educators, and the ongoing challenges after the blockade.
In conclusion, we found that the educational program itself is problem-free and can be delivered, but there are areas of concern such as student engagement, acquisition of some skills, and staff burden.
de Luca, K., McDonald, M., Montgomery, L. et al. COVID-19: How has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs COVID-19: how has a global pandemic changed manual therapy technique education in chiropractic programs around the world? Chiropr Man Therap 29, 7 (2021). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-021-00364-7
Summary
While the pandemic may have forced some people to close their doors and affected their learning opportunities, the results show that there was no problem with the content taught online to accommodate them.
In particular, most people may have an assumption that manual therapy techniques, such as chiropractic, cannot be learned without face-to-face contact, but it may be possible to solve this problem by devising a curriculum. However, it seems that there is too little information to draw conclusions about online classes since the results are not based on long-term observations, but it is not a bad step to take as a positive verification.If you can't keep up with these changes, you may or may not be left behind someday, and the belief that you can't learn without face-to-face contact may become overwhelming to you.
If you've ever been to a seminar on a technique, you may know that it's up to you to practice afterwards to "own" the technique, and it's not something you can learn on the spot. I felt that 90% of the seminars I attended were ones that I really should not have attended.
I'm looking forward to seeing how "online" will change in the future, as I think the benefits are more attractive than spending time and paying high transportation and tuition fees. I am looking forward to seeing how the "online" system will change in the future, but since it is "human beings" who will be using the system, I am afraid I will not be able to get used to the online system and may give up.
