Telehealth e-mentoring in postgraduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy education: A mixed methods case study

Qualitative exploration of physical therapists' experiences providing telehealth physical therapy during COVID-19

“…It lacked a permanent reimbursement framework in many settings ( Bezuidenhout et al, 2022 ; Rausch et al, 2021 ), and lacked standards for the digital education of physical therapists (WCPT, 2020; Davies et al, 2021 ). Telehealth education and training vary ( Scott Kruse et al, 2018 ), and are not common in physical therapy training programs ( Lee, 2020 ), but in response to COVID-19 and in the post-pandemic era, there have been telehealth education initiatives for physical therapists ( Davies et al, 2022 ; Heneghan et al, 2021 ).…”

Covid-19 and implications for future practice

“…Two studies sought to understand the impact of management via the internet from patients’ ( Barton et al, 2022 ) and from clinicians’ perspectives ( Malliaras et al 2021 ). The third study evaluated the effect of ‘e-mentoring’ in the delivery of postgraduate musculoskeletal physiotherapy education ( Heneghan et al 2021 ).…”