Designing and Implementing Blended Learning in the Field of Rehabilitation

Considering the current scientific improvement in the field of rehabilitation and the fact that this field is a combination of theoretical and clinical sciences, the need for modern approaches in academic education is felt more than before. Blended learning is an educational program based on the simultaneous use of several educational methods, which ultimately saves time and money as well as improves the clinical performance. In this method electronic learning is simultaneously used for completing academic lessons, accompanied by additional workshops to create a more effective clinical experience. This review article was carried out by searching websites and using public and professional medical search engines such as Google, PubMed, Science Direct, and Scopus. Keywords related to electronic learning were searched and related articles were extracted and assessed. It seems that needs assessment should be done for different rehabilitation fields (physiotherapy, work therapy, speech therapy, etc.). Also, after considering the cost of the project and the additional workshops, contextualization should be done to meet the needs of the Iranian population. We suggest this type of learning be implemented in order to update the information and the skills of healthcare workers.