Abstract
Problem / Need:
Physical therapy has an inherent complexity since it is a type of treatment that
encompasses a wide variety of aspects (kinesiology, physiology, pathophysiology, etc) and takes place in various healthcare settings.
Physiotherapist training is a continuous process and mandatory in order to maintain a
professional license. For example in the U.K., this is a requirement in order to stay
registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). There are more than 0.5 Million professionals physiotherapists in Europe (www.statista.com) asking for a range of post-qualifying courses.

Our Solution:
Following the EU Profound training program (https://profound.eu.com) we identified the design principles of an efficient and acceptable digital training platform for Physiotherapists. We designed the LLT eleanring service trying to provide the necessary content to support the continuous training of Physiotherapists not only in Europe but Globally. We are continuous developing new functions to the platform and we publish scientific results of our research [1,2]

Partners of the Solution:

The content provider and the provider of the training service:
Later Life Training (https://www.laterlifetraining.co.uk/) is a training provider established in England in 2003, its mission is to provide specialist evidence based effective exercise training for health and exercise professionals working with older people and frailer older people. LLT provides hybrid learning: e-learning and face to face courses.

The elearning service (moodle platform) provider and the scientific support of the elearning service with new technologies and applications:
Syndesis LTD (www.syndesis.eu) has been established by a team of multidisciplinary researchers with high academic background coming from NCSR Demokritos (www.demokritos.gr), who have been actively involved in EU R&D projects for more than 20 years and are dedicated in high-quality research and development in the areas of digital health and knowledge management.
The committed team of researchers is working in the NCSRD ehealth and
knowledge management unit https://ehealthunitdemokritos.eu/meet-the-team/ with research experience background in elearning and knowledge management who realize the importance of developing practical but advanced solutions for the educational market.

Description of the elearning platform:
LLT e-learning portal (https://elearning.laterlifetraining.co.uk/) contains courses that are suitable and can be attended by:
1. commissioners or funders who are interested in wanting to establish or further develop your falls prevention service/ strength and balance provision for older people
2. health professionals who are in training courses for the rehabilitation of patients after stroke, for the support of patients with movement impairment or dementia
3. exercise professionals who are in need to establish an exercise continuum for older people and falls prevention in their locality to help the strength and balance ability of elder people
4. Social care professionals who acquire the skills to provide safe exercise to improve strength, flexibility and stamina in frailer older people who may be still living at home but more dependent
5. Wellbeing and active ageing coordinators who seek for training opportunities aligned to the promotion of physical activity and the promotion of Wellbeing and Active Ageing
The courses are designed to provide:
1. reflective learning
2. flexible learning so that users take course on their own availability
3. task completion before moving to the next level
4. the opportunity to leave questions for the tutor and engage in discussions on the Course Forum throughout the duration of the course
Learning process is supported by the following tools:
1. Big blue button sessions: in which participants are introduced to interactive learning sections of the courses, meet each other online, assessed remotely and are engaged in conversations with the other participants.
2. Self-directed learning checks: multiple choice and quizzes are available in order to assess students’ progress. Students are getting feedback by the system in order to review their attempt and resubmit their question sheet
3. Forum posts - allow students to communicate with their fellow students and tutors
4. Questions to the tutor – allow students to send a private message/question to course tutors
5. Access to course resources: Course materials that are available to DOWNLOAD and PRINT or access via website links e.g. videos, narrated power points, flipbooks, quizzes
6. Precourse reading information is also available in pdf, video, power points, containing self assessment quizzes.
7. Assignments submitted for Grading: Students download a word document, save it to their pc and complete it. Afterwards they submit it in the platform for grading by the tutor. Students are notified by email that their submission was finalised.
8. Certificates are available to the students for download after completing specific success and completed tasks criteria

[1] Pappa, D. & Papadopoulos, H. (2018) Designing a prototype training environment for
physiotherapists building on advanced gaming technologies. Proceedings of the 17th
European Conference on e-Learning (ECEL2018), 1-2 November 2018, Athens, Greece

[2] Dimitra Pappa, Homer Papadopoulos. (2019), A Use Case of the Application of Advanced
Gaming and Immersion Technologies for Professional Training: The GAMEPHARM Training
Environment for Physiotherapists pp157-170, Volume 17 Issue 2.