Strengthen clinical reasoning without increasing faculty workload

Designed for physiotherapy education

CTL helps physiotherapy programs provide students with more opportunities to practise clinical reasoning across musculoskeletal, neurological, cardiorespiratory and other areas of practice.

Built in collaboration with physiotherapy educators, clinicians and academic institutions.

Clinical reasoning requires more than lectures and examinations

Students may understand individual conditions and assessment techniques but still find it difficult to connect information, prioritise findings and make decisions when faced with a complete patient case.

Clinical placements remain essential, but the range and frequency of cases students encounter can vary. Faculty also have limited time to create, facilitate and review additional simulations for every learner.

CTL creates a structured environment where students can practise thinking through cases before, during and after clinical education.

Build stronger reasoning through repeated, structured practice

• Connect knowledge to patient care through interactive patient conversations, hypothesis development, assessment planning, red flag identification, differential diagnosis and management planning
• Make clinical reasoning visible with structured reasoning stages, consistent case pathways and individual or cohort-level insight
• Deliver feedback at scale with immediate formative feedback, repeat attempts and progressive case difficulty

See how CTL works

• Meet the patient: students begin with a realistic patient presentation and conduct an interactive clinical interview
• Build the clinical picture: learners identify relevant findings, consider red flags and determine what additional information is needed
• Make and justify decisions: students work through differential diagnosis, assessment and management planning
• Receive structured feedback: CTL provides immediate formative feedback to help learners recognise gaps

Flexible across the physiotherapy curriculum

• Early case exposure before clinical placements
• Tutorials and case discussions
• OSCE preparation
• Placement transition
• Targeted formative support

Give faculty clearer insight without adding unnecessary administration

• Create student cohorts
• Assign cases or learning paths
• Monitor engagement and completion
• Review individual and cohort performance
• Align activities with modules or learning outcomes
• Support structured remediation
• Export or review participation information

Designed for responsible educational integration

CTL is being developed and evaluated as a structured clinical reasoning practice platform for physiotherapy education. Institutional pilots can examine engagement, acceptability, feasibility and changes in learner performance over time.

CTL supports formative education and clinical reasoning practice. It does not replace supervised clinical placements, faculty judgment or formal competency assessment.

Start with a structured CTL pilot

A CTL pilot allows your program to introduce structured case practice to a defined student cohort, evaluate its educational value and determine how it could fit within the wider curriculum.

• Defined implementation period
• Student and faculty onboarding
• Access to selected CTL case content
• Faculty monitoring tools
• Implementation support
• Engagement and performance reporting
• End-of-pilot review

Built for physiotherapy education

• Undergraduate physiotherapy programs
• Doctor of Physical Therapy programs
• Postgraduate physiotherapy education
• Clinical educators and placement preparation
• Continuing professional development providers

Frequently asked questions

What is Clinical Training Lab?

Clinical Training Lab is an interactive physiotherapy education platform that gives learners structured practice with realistic patient cases, clinical decision-making and formative feedback.

Does CTL replace clinical placements?

No. CTL complements supervised clinical education by giving students additional opportunities to practise reasoning in a safe and structured environment. It does not replace patient contact, placements or faculty supervision.

How can CTL be integrated into our curriculum?

Programs can use CTL before tutorials, alongside body-system modules, as preparation for simulation or OSCE activities, during placement transitions, or as targeted formative practice.

What information can faculty access?

Depending on the institutional configuration, faculty can monitor student participation, case completion and learning performance at individual and cohort levels.

Does CTL use artificial intelligence?

CTL uses artificial intelligence to support interactive patient conversations and structured feedback. Cases are created around defined clinical information and educational objectives. AI supports the learning experience but does not replace educator or clinician judgment.

Can we begin with a pilot?

Yes. CTL can be introduced through a structured institutional pilot with a defined cohort, implementation period, onboarding process and evaluation plan.

Can CTL be used for formal assessment?

CTL is currently best positioned as a formative learning and clinical reasoning practice tool. Any use in formal assessment should be agreed with the institution and supported by an appropriate validation and governance process.

Is implementation support included?

Yes. Institutional partners receive support with onboarding, cohort setup, educational integration and pilot evaluation.