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Discussion and conclusion

The present study investigated the effectiveness of e-learning in undergraduate
physical therapy students along with their perceptions about e-learning. Results
suggested that an e-learning platform is an effective platform in teaching physical
therapy courses. Possible benefits of using e-learning to teach physical therapy are
revealed by these following points: student’s perceptions towards e-learning are
excellent and the entire e-learning course stimulated their desire to learn, helpful in
improved interactions between peer groups and even instructors though. The majority
of students accepted that they are satisfied with the online lecture notes which are easy
to print. Especially, they preferred the PowerPoint which is available in e-learning.
Students responded that the JUMP website is a great place to place handouts by their
instructors. The students are very much satisfied with the individual features of the
JUMP system.

Even though many students accepted e-learning as an effective means of
teaching physical therapy courses, they feel some subjects should be taught by hybrid
courses that involve both online and traditional facetoface classes. In physical therapy,
most of the courses need practical and handson teaching instead of complete theoretical.
And we have to note that the majority of them want to have a class which meets in
person than online. Online learning improved their grades when compared to their
traditional classroom teaching which proves that the student’s satisfaction is overall
excellent while learning online. The majority of students (47%) expressed that the
internet connection was poor during online learning.

Table 3: Electrotherapy II (204PHT)The subject is having both
theory and practical sections.

Grade distribution (204PHT) Percentage of students Second semester
Second semester 2019.
A+ 2018.
A 3.85%
B+ 3.44 % 3.85%
B 3.44 % 11.53%
C+ 13.79 % 30.77%
C 20.68 % 11.53%
D+ 24.13 % 26.92%
D 20.68 % 7.69%
F 10.34 % 3.85%
Withdrawn
3.44 %

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