Flipped classroom for academic and career advising: an innovative technique for medical student advising
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Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Emergency MedUniv Arizona, Coll Med
Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Psychiat
Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Family & Community Med
Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Surg
Univ Arizona, Coll Med, Dept Med
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Amini, R., Laughlin, B. S., Smith, K. W., Siwik, V. P., Adamas-Rappaport, W. J., & Fantry, G. T. (2018). “Flipped classroom” for academic and career advising: an innovative technique for medical student advising. Advances in medical education and practice, 9, 371.Rights
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Introduction: Career advising for medical students can be challenging for both the student and the adviser. Our objective was to design, implement, and evaluate a "flipped classroom" style advising session. Methods: We performed a single-center cross-sectional study at an academic medical center, where a novel flipped classroom style student advising model was implemented and evaluated. In this model, students were provided a document to review and fill out prior to their one-on-one advising session. Results: Ninety-four percent (95% CI, 88%-100%) of the medical students surveyed felt that the advising session was more effective as a result of the outline provided and completed before the session and that the pre-advising document helped them gain a better understanding of the content to be discussed at the session. Conclusion: Utilization of the flipped classroom style advising document was an engaging advising technique that was well received by students at our institution.Note
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