Flipped Classroom Based on Outcomes-Based Education Improves Student Engagement and Clinical Analysis Competence in Undergraduates Ophthalmology Clerkship

Qing Liu; Xiao-Jiao Tang; Xin-Ke Chen; Lin Chen

doi:10.2147/AMEP.S464898

Flipped Classroom Based on Outcomes-Based Education Improves Student Engagement and Clinical Analysis Competence in Undergraduates Ophthalmology Clerkship

Adv Med Educ Pract. 2024 Jun 24:15:599-607. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S464898. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Qing Liu^#^{1

2}, Xiao-Jiao Tang^#^{1

2}, Xin-Ke Chen^{1

2}, Lin Chen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ophthalmology, Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disorders, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
² International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of Child Development and Critical Disorders, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of flipped classrooms (FC) based on outcomes-based education (OBE) on clinical ophthalmology clerkships.

Methods: Ninety-nine undergraduates were non-randomly assigned to the FC based on the OBE (FC-OBE) group or traditional lecture (TL) group in the ophthalmology clerkship. Pre- and post-tests were performed to assess student learning outcomes. Anonymous questionnaires were collected to compare students' attitudes and classroom engagements between the two groups.

Results: More participants agreed FC-OBE was helpful in developing teamwork ability and knowing the work standard. Teaching staff in the FC-OBE classroom received higher evaluations. More participants in the FC-OBE group had higher classroom engagement in skills and emotions than in the TL group. The post-class test scores, mainly case analysis scores were higher in the FC-OBE group than in the TL group.

Conclusion: FC-OBE classroom improves student engagement and clinical analysis competence in undergraduate ophthalmology clerkship.

Keywords: OBE; clinical clerkship; flipped classroom; ophthalmology education; undergraduate.