Professional Use of Social Media Among physiotherapy teachers: Results of a Multi-Institutional Study

Main objective is to know the professional use and perception of social networks by teachers of the Physiotherapy degree in Spanish Universities. To achieve this objective, our methodological approach has been based on the elaboration of a questionnaire of 7 questions that has been distributed among teachers of different Spanish Universities Physiotherapy degrees There is a great diversity in the use of social networks for academic purposes among the teachers of Spanish universities. Only 37% of participants use them for teaching purposes, with YouTube being the most used (76.5%) followed by Facebook. Others like Instagram or twitter are not used for teaching purposes. The use of social networks among physiotherapy teachers is not widespread and directly depends on the preferences of the teacher, although the social network most used for teaching purposes is YouTube, we can not know if these teachers use their own channels or references of other professionals. It is necessary an in-depth study about the advantages and disadvantages of the use of social networks as a means more than in a regulated way can be properly incorporated in university teaching programs.