Kids’ Health Matters takes this blended learning one step further and uses the innovative ‘flipped classroom’ model. In a flipped classroom, the student is introduced to learning material before class. Class time is then dedicated to diving deeper into the topic through discussion and activities.
Our trainees choose when they learn the foundations of each topic through video lectures, up-to-date-publications, Free Open-Access Meducation (FOAM) blogs, and quizzes prior to the classroom session. This is the Flexible.
The Scheduled session then builds on this prior knowledge by applying it to case studies overseen by experienced clinicians. These case studies allow trainees to bring together the best of their clinical experience, their new knowledge and the benefit of working as a group to promote a deeper understanding.
This delivery model and the experience of blended learning was very positively received by the ACP trainees in Karen Shawhan’s ‘Evaluation of Advanced Paediatric and Neonatal Practice Workforce Development Phase 1 – June 2018′.