Join us for a practical overview of PhysioU’s Evidence-Based Taping and Splinting apps and explore how these tools can support instruction across a variety of courses. Whether you teach orthopedics, interventions, special topics, or sports-related content, these resources can help bring commonly used techniques into your classroom with clear demonstrations and clinical context.

During this 30-minute webinar, Dr. Tracy Moore will walk through key features of both apps and share practical strategies for incorporating them into lab sessions, lectures, and student assignments.

You’ll also learn how these resources can help reduce the need for costly supplementary materials while providing students with reliable, evidence-informed references they can continue to use in clinical practice.

Featured Speaker: Tracy Moore, PT, DPT, ONC 

Dr. Moore is a physical therapist, faculty member, product manager and educational leader. He completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Azusa Pacific University and later received the Oncology Clinical Specialist certification from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. Following a residency at City of Hope National Medical Center, Dr. Moore began his academic career teaching subjects such as oncology, clinical skills, differential diagnosis, and acute care. He is an active speaker at national and international conferences, specializing in oncology rehabilitation, chronic pain, and learning science. Dr. Moore continues to conduct and publish research, present at industry conferences, and contribute to PhysioU app design and development. His approach uniquely bridges the gap between the student experience, clinical expertise, and learning science in order to help faculty and students revolutionize healthcare education in their own classrooms around the world.

00:00 Faculty Fridays Product Demonstration

02:12 Physio U App Demonstration

06:11 PhysioU Introduction

09:45 Educational Videos in PhysioU Implementation

11:50 Body Taping App Feature Demo

20:45 Splinting App Features

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Making Clinical Skills Stick: How We Built Taping & Splinting Resources That Actually Support Student Learning

We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what happens after students leave the lab.

You know the scenario. Your PT students just finished an intensive session on taping techniques—maybe five or six different applications for the shoulder alone. They practiced on each other, asked good questions, and seemed engaged. But three weeks later, when they’re standing in front of a patient during clinical rotations, how much do they actually remember? Which technique was for instability versus edema control? What was the proper tape tension? How should they position the patient’s arm for each individual strip?

It’s a challenge we see across hands-on skills education, and it’s exactly why we developed our Evidence-Based Taping App and Splinting App the way we did. Not as flashy demonstration tools, but as genuine learning resources that students can return to again and again—resources that support both the initial learning moment and the critical review that happens later.

The Gap Between Learning and Application

Dr. Tracy Moore, our Director of Product and Education at PhysioU, puts it bluntly: “I remember even as a student… we covered 5 or 6, maybe 7 [taping techniques] in one lab. It was really fun, it was really interesting, but when I got to the clinic, I probably remembered two. And even then, it was a little fuzzy.”

That’s the reality of skills-based education. Students are enthusiastic learners. They want to master these techniques. But between the sheer volume of content in a PT program and the time lag before they can apply what they’ve learned, crucial details slip away. And when they turn to YouTube or social media for a refresher, they encounter a different problem: highly variable quality, missing clinical reasoning, and content that prioritizes views over educational rigor.

We saw an opportunity to solve both problems at once—creating comprehensive digital resources that students could access anywhere, while ensuring every demonstration met the academic standards faculty expect.

Building Apps That Support How Students Actually Learn

The Evidence-Based Taping App addresses the full spectrum of what students need to know. Yes, it includes clear video demonstrations of techniques across all major body regions. But it starts earlier than that, with foundational content on the clinical reasoning behind different taping approaches. Why choose rigid tape over elastic? What biomechanical principles are you trying to influence? What does the research actually say about efficacy?

Each technique page includes multiple viewing formats because we know students learn differently and have different needs depending on where they are in the learning process. A student seeing a technique for the first time might want the full narrated walkthrough, watching the clinician measure each piece of tape and apply it methodically. That same student, reviewing before a practical exam, might prefer the high-speed version—a 20-second visual refresher of the complete process. And for complex tape jobs, the 360-degree view lets them examine the final result from every angle, understanding the spatial relationships that can be hard to grasp from a single camera angle.

We also included a step-by-step photo gallery for each technique. Sometimes you just need to pause and see exactly how that third piece of tape should be positioned relative to the first two. The gallery format supports that kind of focused, detail-oriented review.

Clinical Reasoning Over Rote Technique

But here’s what matters most: we built these apps to reinforce clinical reasoning, not just technical execution. Every technique page includes a reassessment section, emphasizing that taping isn’t a standalone intervention—it’s part of an assess-intervene-reassess cycle. Students need to identify an objective, measurable impairment before applying tape, then determine whether the tape actually created meaningful change. Can the patient now perform the movement with less pain? Has their biomechanics improved? Does the tape genuinely help, or are they just applying colorful strips because it looks impressive?

That might seem obvious to experienced clinicians and educators, but students don’t always make that connection automatically. They see taping as a skill to master rather than a clinical decision-making tool. Our content deliberately reinforces the bigger picture.

The same principle applies to patient education. Each technique includes shareable patient education materials that students can send directly to patients, covering how long to keep tape on, what to watch for, and when to remove it. This solves a practical problem for students—who often struggle to explain interventions in accessible language—while reinforcing an essential clinical habit. Your patient will have that tape on for days, not just the 45 minutes they’re with you. They need to know how to care for it and what warning signs to monitor.

Splinting With the Same Thoughtful Approach

Our Splinting App follows the same philosophy. It covers upper extremity orthoses with detailed fabrication protocols, templates, and patient positioning guidelines. Content is organized both by body region and by condition, so students can approach the material in whatever way makes sense for their current learning needs.

The app walks through every step of the fabrication process: measuring the patient properly, drawing the pattern template, heating and molding the material, and securing the final orthosis. Students can watch the full process or jump to the high-speed version for quick review. Each technique includes the clinical reasoning behind design choices—why a thumb spica splint might be forearm-based for DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis but hand-based for CMC arthritis.

We know not every program has a splinting specialist on faculty, and not every instructor feels equally confident teaching these techniques. That’s intentional. These resources are designed so that any faculty member can integrate them into the curriculum, assigning specific content for students to review before lab or reference during hands-on practice.

Making It Easy for Faculty to Implement

From a practical standpoint, both apps integrate seamlessly into existing curriculum. Every page includes educator tools that let faculty copy the page title and direct link with a single click. That link can be pasted into your LMS, embedded in a handout, or added to a slide deck. Students click through and land exactly on the content you want them to see—no hunting around, no confusion about which technique you meant.

You can assign the clinical reasoning foundation videos as pre-lab work, ensuring students arrive with the conceptual framework already in place. You can link to specific techniques for review before practicals. You can even grab thumbnail images to create visual study guides or lab instructions, organizing content in whatever format best serves your teaching approach.

This flexibility matters especially for programs using hybrid or accelerated formats. If students are practicing techniques at home and uploading videos for assessment, they need reliable reference materials. If you’re running an intensive weekend lab covering multiple body regions, students need a way to review and reinforce what they learned before it all blurs together.

Evidence-Based, Not Trend-Based

Throughout both apps, we’ve grounded content in current research. Each taping technique links to the supporting evidence, and we’ve included informed consent forms that students can actually use in clinical settings. This isn’t about chasing trending techniques on social media. It’s about giving students and faculty confidence that the content meets rigorous academic standards.

As Tracy notes, “We as faculty members want to make sure that the academic rigor is not sacrificed for production quality.” Both matter. Students deserve high-quality video demonstrations that make learning easier. But they also deserve content that’s built on solid clinical evidence and designed to develop their clinical reasoning—not just their technical skills.

Resources That Grow With Students

Ultimately, what we’ve built are resources that serve students through multiple stages of development. In the classroom, learning techniques for the first time. During practical preparation, reviewing details before assessment. In clinical rotations, when they need a quick refresher before treating a patient. And even in early practice, when they’re still building confidence in their clinical decision-making.

The best educational resources don’t just help students pass a practical exam. They help them become thoughtful, confident clinicians who understand not just how to perform a technique, but when to use it, why it matters, and how to know if it’s working. That’s what we’re working toward with every app we build—supporting faculty in the work you’re already doing, and giving students resources they’ll actually return to long after they’ve left your classroom.