Effectiveness of Flipped Classroom for Teaching Anatomy and Student’s Perception in Covid -ERA.

Abstract

Introduction: Recently, medical education has attracted increasing amounts of attention as well attributable to the flipped classroom method of instruction. Due to the complexity of the healthcare system and advancements in the medical field, it is extremely challenging for medical educators to balance more course material with less in-person instruction time. Aim: To evaluate the effect of flipped classroom for teaching anatomy and student's perception in COVID -era. Material and methods: The current retrospective study was carried out with institutional approval in the Department of Anatomy at the Government Medical College of Jammu. The study involved 120 first-year MBBS students in total. The data was entered into a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and examined using SPSS version 21.0. Result and observation: The study participants' average age was found to be 20.5 years and 2.1 years, with a male to female ratio of 1.2:1. 90% of students who took their exams using flipped teaching did so successfully, compared to only 75% of students who took their exams using traditional teaching, demonstrating the effectiveness of this method of teaching anatomy to students. Conclusion: It is concluded that the flipped teaching method is more effective than traditional teaching method. Keywords: COVID-19, Traditional learning, Flipped classroom, Perception, Anatomy and Effectiveness.