The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICT) can be used as transformative tools to improve physiotherapy education, clinical practice, and research. It provides examples of how smartphones and various online resources and software tools can enhance student learning, research productivity and accuracy, and clinical care delivery. ICT allows for flipped classroom models, access to educational materials anywhere via mobile devices, and utilization of databases, citation generators, grammar checkers, and other tools to streamline the research process. The document also lists several apps and software programs that can support virtual clinical care delivery and patient education. Overall, the author advocates for physiotherapists to embrace ICT to update their field and improve outcomes in teaching, treatment, research, and

1. IP Journal of Nutrition, Metabolism and Health Science 2022;5(4):138–139
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Editorial
ICT as a transformative tool in physiotherapy education, clinical practice, and
research
Tarpan H Shah1,*, Hiral T Shah1
1Dept. of Health, Shrimad Rajchandra College of Physiotherapy, UKA Tarsadia University, Gujarat, India
A R T I C L E I N F O
Article history:
Received 15-09-2022
Accepted 25-11-2022
Available online 20-12-2022
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Innovation in technology is essential to the advancement
of humanity. Physiotherapy is a vibrant and rapidly
growing field. We already have access to information and
communication technology (ICT), which may be used to
improve clinical practice, education, and research. Change
is the only thing that is constant in our life. Can you
guess what is always with us around the clock? You
are correct, Smartphone. Physiotherapists can use this as
one of their tools to advance clinical practice, research,
and education. The recently popularized flipped classroom
concept allows for the utilization of lecture time for skill
development and allows students to attend lectures on their
smartphones/laptops at home.
ICT for Physiotherapy Education: Students can learn
through blogs, videos, and educational websites. Use of
search engines like Google, Yahoo, Rediff, DuckDuckGo,
Bing, etc. For example, Google offers YouTube, Google
Scholar, Google Docs, Google Translate, Google Drive,
Blogger, AdWords, images, meet, etc can be utilized for
updating. ICT: Increases motivation of the students and
fosters interactivity, communication, and creativity.
ICT For Physiotherapy Research: PT databases like
PUBMED, Science Direct, J-Gate, Ovid, Pedro, Cochrane,
Medline, Embase, DARE, LILACS, and Cinhl can be
used to improve research in our field. Websites of
reputed organizations like WHO, WCPT, PAHO, AHA,
* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: hiral.shah@utu.ac.in (T. H. Shah).
NZMA, ADA, BTS, ACCP, and ATS can provide valuable
information to enhance research. Plagiarism detector
software: Turnitin, Urkund, i-thenticate, etc. English
Grammar Checker: Grammarly, Paraphraser tools: Quill
Bot. Citations generator tool: Mendeley can be used,
and can improve the productivity, speed, and accuracy
of research. Websites of different PT Associations can
be of help in knowing what’s new in our field, like the
American Physical therapy Association, Chartered Society
of Physiotherapy, Canadian physiotherapy association, etc.
ICT For physiotherapy clinical practice, there is software
like Chanakya, Clinic Source, Phydeo, The Digital Office,
Best PT, PT Live, Blue Bubble Physio, Practice Perfect,
5-Minute Consult, Adibas Posture, and WebPT. Commonly
used android applications include physiotherapy exercises,
physiotherapy help guides, physiotherapy quiz, physio,
physiotherapists, arthritis physio, walk-on physiotherapy,
physical therapy jobs, PT content masters, pocket physio,
and home physio. Healthcare-providing agencies include
Portea Home Health Care, Practo, India Heartbeat, Lybrate,
and Justdial. ICT helps to promote patient-centered health
care, improve the quality of care, and educate healthcare
professionals and patients. Be the updated version of the
Physiotherapy Field and use ICT to Improve outcomes in
teaching, treating research, and administration.
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijnmhs.2022.025
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Author biography
Tarpan H Shah, Associate Professor
Hiral T Shah, Associate Professor
Cite this article: Shah TH, Shah HT. ICT as a transformative tool in
physiotherapy education, clinical practice, and research. IP J Nutr
Metab Health Sci 2022;5(4):138-139.