Education on the flip side: Use of a newborn nursery iTunes U course for medical student flipped classroom learning

Abstract

Background: Medical school curriculums are currently undergoing restructuring, and the flipped classroom model of education has begun to be incorporated into medical education. This model veers away from the traditional lecture-based educational system and encourages students to learn about a topic before class so that they can come to class prepared to discuss the material. There is limited data on the use of a flipped classroom in the pediatric clinical setting, and more specifically, in the newborn nursery. A recent study of the use …