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Flipped Classroom Approach Used in the Training of Mass Casualty Triage for Medical Undergraduate Students

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2020

Ziyu Zheng ,
Shiwen Yuan ,
Mingcheng Huang ,
Jinli Liao ,
Ruibin Cai ,
Hong Zhan ,
Zhen Yang  and
Yan Xiong
Ziyu Zheng
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
Shiwen Yuan
Affiliation:
Department of Rheumatology, Guangzhou First People’s Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, No. 1, Panfu Road, Guangzhou, China, 510180
Mingcheng Huang
Affiliation:
Department of Nephrology, Kidney and Urology Center, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518034
Jinli Liao
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
Ruibin Cai
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
Hong Zhan
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
Zhen Yang*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
Yan Xiong*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, No. 58, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou, China, 510080
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Zhen Yang (e-mail: [email protected]) and Yan Xiong (e-mail: [email protected]).
Correspondence and reprint requests to Zhen Yang (e-mail: [email protected]) and Yan Xiong (e-mail: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Objective:

The aim of this study was to explore the application of the flipped classroom approach in the training of Mass Casualty Triage (MCT) to medical undergraduate students.

Methods:

In this study, 103 fourth-year medical students were randomly divided into a Flipped Classroom (FC) group (n = 51) and a Traditional Lecture-based Classroom (TLC) group (n = 52). A post-class quiz, simulated field triage (SFT) and feedback questionnaires were performed to assess both groups of students for their learning of the course.

Results:

In the post-quiz, the median (IQR) scores achieved by students from the FC and TLC groups were 42(5) and 39(5.5), respectively. Significant differences were found between the two groups. In the SFT, overall triage accuracy was 67.06% for FC, and 64.23% for TLC students. Over-triage and under-triage errors occurred in 18.43% and 14.50% of the FC group, respectively. The TLC group had a similar pattern of 20.77% over-triage and 15.0% under-triage errors. No significant differences were found regarding overall triage accuracy or triage errors between the two groups.

Conclusions:

The FC approach could enhance course grades reflected in the post-quiz and improve students’ satisfaction with the class. However, there was no significant difference of competency between the two groups demonstrated in the SFT exercise.

Keywords

flipped classroomtraditional lecture-based classroomtrainingmass casualty triagemedical undergraduate student
Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 2022 , pp. 94 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © 2020 Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc.

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