The Flipped Classroom: An Innovative Approach to Medical Education in Ophthalmology.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of the study is to report the creation of a flipped ophthalmology course and preclinical medical student perceptions and knowledge gains before and after a flipped ophthalmology course.

Design

The form of the study discussed is an observational study.

Subjects

The subjects involved in the study are second-year (U.S.) United States medical students at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine (n = 401).

Methods

Second-year medical students participated in a 1-week "flipped classroom" ophthalmology course geared toward primary care providers at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. Eleven hours of traditional classroom lectures were condensed into 4.5 hours of short videos with self-assessment quizzes, small group d

SUBMITTER: Alabiad CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7869843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature