Educational Multimedia as ICT within Research Skills for the Development of Electrotherapy in Graduates and Students of Health Rehabilitation
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https://doi.org/10.57125/ELIJ.2025.03.25.02Keywords:
multimedia, educational software, computer creativityAbstract
Teaching is the process of organising and directing cognitive activity, encompassing both the teacher's (teaching) and the student's (learning) activities, which is why it is referred to as the teaching-learning process. Objective: To design an educational multimedia resource for the development of electrotherapy knowledge among graduates and students in the Health Rehabilitation career at the University of Medical Sciences of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba. Methods: An innovative development study was conducted at the University of Medical Sciences in Sancti Spiritus. A sample of 30 people from the rehabilitation speciality was used using the simple random sampling technique. Educational multimedia was designed through a computer platform that incorporated didactic elements to make the knowledge imparted on the subject of therapeutic currents more accessible. Results: Students are categorised by year of career, with 50% in the 2nd year, 30% in the 3rd year, and 20% in the 4th year of their career. Ninety-seven per cent of the participants in the study showed a high acceptance of the educational software implementation. Conclusions: The educational multimedia fulfilled the purpose for which it was created as a didactic educational tool, where the knowledge about the different therapeutic currents existing for rehabilitation was developed, it facilitated the appropriation of the technical language, increased confidence when handling the electrical equipment, each student and graduate had a didactic resource capable of making the practice of these currents and their applications understood in a more motivating way.
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