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Review
. 2017 Aug;81(6):118.
doi: 10.5688/ajpe816118.

The Flipped Classroom - From Theory to Practice in Health Professional Education

Adam M Persky  1 , Jacqueline E McLaughlin  1
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Review

The Flipped Classroom - From Theory to Practice in Health Professional Education

Adam M Persky et al. Am J Pharm Educ. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

The flipped classroom is growing in popularity in health professional education. As such, instructors are experiencing various growing pains in functionalizing this model, from justifying the approach to managing time inside and outside of class to assessing impact on learning. This review focuses on some key theories that support the flipped model and translates those key theories into practice across core aspects of the flipped classroom: pre-class preparation, in-class activities, after-class activities and assessment of student learning.

Keywords: active learning; assessment; critical thinking; flipped classroom; metacognition.

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