7. Concluding remarks
This paper presents our experiences developing, introducing and evaluating a new mobile learning tool for teaching anatomy and manual therapy applied to the physiotherapy practice. In our opinion, this is a valuable study that can help other educators to introduce innovative m-learning tools in anatomy classes where it is not possible to use standard PCs, e.g., a laboratory, and also to consider the use of 3D imaging instead of 2D CTR or MRI images.
A preliminary study of the subjective appreciation among students and professors of the usefulness of our proposed tool has been performed. This study can be used to determine the predisposition of students to use these devices, as well as the subjective interest of 2D/ 3D medical imaging from real patients compared with classic atlases of anatomy. The touch-based interaction and the particular cases in which a 2D is preferable to a 3D visualization and viceversa have also been assessed. The opinion of professionals in the field of physiotherapy teaching was contrasted against the opinion of students. We found that our proposal was very well received by students and professors.