Connecting physiotherapy learning resources with course tasks

Updated Nov 06, 2026

A physiotherapy resource review should follow a course task from its instructions to the material students need. Check how they find a reading, demonstration or preparation activity and what they are expected to do with it.

For wider context, the learning resources evidence brief brings together the published NSS open-text measures. Use it alongside the programme-level review below.

Make the resource's purpose visible

Read the task beside the linked materials. Explain which item is required, which is further reading and how it prepares students for the next session. Confirm that terminology and instructions are consistent with the teaching.

Keep clinical teaching content and its review under the responsibility of the relevant academic staff. Date revised material and remove conflicting versions from the main student route.

Test access away from campus

Check authentication, file formats and any software requirements through the supported student route. Review captions, transcripts and alternative formats through the university's accessibility process. Name the contact for an unavailable or unusable resource.

Ask students to show where access failed rather than relying only on a general satisfaction rating.

Connect resources with practical preparation

Confirm when material is released in relation to the practical or placement activity. Explain which questions students should bring to the session and how they can ask for clarification beforehand.

Review library and technical support alongside the module information so referrals reach the team able to act.

Check the repaired route

For a broken link, unclear instruction or outdated item, assign an owner and test the original task after the change. Report the response where students encountered the problem.

The digital-learning pathway supports review of online access, and the assessment pathway connects materials with the work students must demonstrate.