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This study aimed to find out the effectiveness of e-learning as a platform for
teaching undergraduate physical therapy students.

Literature review:

Gallagher et al. (2014) conducted a singleblind randomized controlled pilot trial
to analyze the effectiveness of a DVDbased teaching approach in comparison with
traditional classroom teaching for a group of occupational therapy students. They used
four teaching skills which include demonstration, deconstruction, formulation, and
performance. No statistically significant difference was noted between the two groups.
But traditional classroom teaching increased the student’s perceived confidence in
completing the task and more satisfied with the training.

McAlister R B (2014) concluded that videos improved the quality, of course,
increased their level of engagement of learning and boosted their confidence in their
manual skills by a crosssectional pilot study to occupational therapy students.

Da Costa Vieiria et al. (2016) did a study to evaluate the retention rate of distance
education for physiotherapy students. It was a prospective randomized controlled trial,
blinded study. And this study concluded that e-learning led the same retention, and it
promotes the methodology.

Snodgrass et al. (2014) implemented an electronic objective structured clinical
exam for occupational therapy and physiotherapy to find out its feedback. And
concluded that there is an immediate individual feedback but not all examiners and
course coordinators were comfortable with the technology.

Snodgrass et al. (2016) conducted a crosssectional pilot study to find out the
effectiveness of personal digital assistants (PDA) in facilitating the transfer of
knowledge and skills from the educators to the students. Here students from
occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech pathology are included. The
conclusion showed that PDA facilitates students’ verbal feedback, and it is more useful
for students. The barrier mentioned is technologyrelated problems.

FernandezLao et al. (2016) aimed to find out a mobile app as a supplement to
traditional learning. It is a singleblinded, randomized controlled study that included
physiotherapy students. And it concludes that the group who used the mobile app did a
better performance in the practice tests but no difference in the theoretical knowledge.

Methodology:

Data collection tool

Data was collected using a structured questionnaire over a twoweek period of
time. The questionnaires were designed so that responses to questions could be scored
and score analyzed and summed to obtain the measure of the respondent’s opinions and

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