Flipped classroom significantly improves pharmacy students' performance compared with traditional lecture-based approaches¶

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q3 i3 Across 22 studies with 28 comparing groups and 4379 participants, flipped classroom significantly promoted pharmacy students' performance versus lecture-based learning (SMD = 1.30, 95%CI 0.84–1.76, P < 0.001). → Cui He 2023

Evidence¶

Cui He 2023¶

Cui He, Xie Xinyu, Wang Boyang, Zhao Yuan. (2023). Effectiveness of flipped classroom in pharmacy education – a meta-analysis. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04865-2

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Meta-analysis pooling SMDs with a random-effects model from 22 studies (28 comparing groups, 4379 participants) comparing flipped classroom with traditional approaches in pharmacy education. The printed pooled effect size was SMD = 1.30 (95%CI 0.84–1.76, P < 0.001), with very high heterogeneity (I2 = 98.3%).

"The random effect model was applied because of significant heterogeneity across studies (I2 = 98.3%). According to meta-analysis results (see Fig. 2), flipped classroom significantly promoted the pharmacy students’ performance compared with the lecture-based learning approach (SMD 1.30, 95%CI 0.84–1.76, P < 0.001)."

Discussion¶

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• Flipped classroom advantage is larger in US studies than in non-US (Asian) studies — related
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