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Use of the Flipped Classroom
To Think Like a Nurse
Connie Barbour, MSN, RNGeorgia Highlands College
Doctoral student at University of West Georgia
Email: [email protected]
Introduction Classroom – practice gap exists
• Institute of Medicine (2011) and the National League for Nursing (2005)
• Evident by graduate nurses struggle with the transition from school to practice
Objective in nursing education is to promote a successful transition from school to practice for nursing graduates
Integrating the student’s clinical experiences into the classroom promotes the use of clinical judgment in the classroom
Introduction
Previously, didactic lecture was the delivery method used by the educator• This method of teaching can make it difficult for
students to transfer their knowledge from classroom to the clinical setting
• This is because they are not actively using the skills which are being promoted in the content (passive learner)
Use of the “flipped classroom” promotes the use of active learning strategies which in turn promotes application of knowledge
Description of the Learning Environment
Flipped Classroom • Been used in the K12 and college settings effectively• Content that was previously delivered using a traditional
lecture is now completed outside the classroom as “homework”
• The time spent in the classroom remains the same; however, active learning strategies are now the focus
• Benefits• increased test scores• increased levels of learner engagement• increased awareness of personal learning and
metacognitive skills• as well as creating more meaningful interaction with
the course content
Hughes, H. (2012). Introduction to flipping the college classroom. In World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (Vol. 2012, pp. 2434–2438). Retrieved from http://www.editlib.org/p/41097/
Description of the Learning Environment
Why the Flipped Classroom • Challenges nursing students to use higher order thinking
which is necessary to improve their critical thinking skills• Critical thinking skills are primary in building the necessary
clinical judgment skills used by nurses• critical thinking in nursing students can be increased by
using active learning strategies• Hoffman (2008) stresses that active learning strategies
“equip students in learning ‘how’ to find the answers, not merely ‘what’ are the answers” (p. 234).
In other words, practicing clinical judgment skills helps the student
“think like a nurse”
Adult Learning Principles Knowles, Holton, and Swanson (2011)
1. Adult learners need to know why and how the learning is beneficial to them
2. The educator need’s to considered the adult learner’s self-concept of learning
3. Adult learners come with prior experiences that impact their learning
4. The adult learner needs to be ready to learn
5. The learning needs to be relevant and applicable to the adult learner (orientation to learning)
6. The adult learner’s motivations need to be considered
Adult Learning Principles Applied to the Learning Environment
Need to know• Instructor provides a narrative story in the online lecture
on what it means to “think like a nurse”.• Vocalize the need to close the classroom-practice gap by
empowering students to be thinkers and not just test takers
• Students need to be encouraged to transition from dependent learners to self-directed learners and life –long learners
The learner’s self-concept• Highlighting the role transition the student needs to make
to practicing nurse by using the reverse case study and concept mapping
• “Think Like a Nurse”
Adult Learning Principles Applied to the Learning Environment
Build on the learner’s prior experiences• Gained in the fundamentals course• Skill of measuring blood pressure• Previous clinical experiences• ARS multiple-choice question learning activity• Reverse case study and concept mapping will also build
on the learner’s prior clinical experiences
Adult Learning Principles Applied to the Learning Environment
Motivation• Knowles et al. (2011) points out that motivation for adult
learners is not passive but that learners need to take responsibility to be active with their readiness
The learning activities will motivate the students to• Increase their clinical judgment skills• Prepare them for their licensure exam• Ultimately be a graduate nurse who is ready for the
demanding healthcare environment that exists today
Learning Activities Online, audiovisual PowerPoint
• Content as “homework” – flipped classroom
Student submits one multiple choice question with rationale to instructor for in class activity
Use of audience response system (ARS) with student generated multiple choice questions
Reverse Case Study• Small group work• Generate the case study• Plug into a concept map
Reverse Case Study & Concept Map
3 Sentence
Patient Scenario
(GIVEN to students)
Medication List
(GIVEN to students) Previous
History
(student to fill in)
Assessment Data
(student to fill in)
Nursing Diagnosis
(student to fill in)
Interventions: Nursing and Collaborative
(student to fill in)
Lab/Diagnostic Tests and
Results
(student to fill in)
Outcomes from
interventions
(Student to fill in)
Research Gaps and Future Nursing Education
Research Flipped classroom has been successfully used in K12 and higher
education settings• “flipped classrooms” in the nursing literature – only 2
studies exist
Flipped classroom method needs to be studied in pre licensure nursing programs to teach content topics such as fundamentals, pharmacology, and medical-surgical concepts
Future research needs to clarify the differences between blended, hybrid, and flipped methods of presenting course content
Nurse educators need to determine the best methods to implemented with pre-licensure core nursing concepts to provide effective instruction that adequately prepares graduate nurses for practice.
Closing the Gap The IOM (2011) has challenged nurse educators to close the
classroom – practice gap• Nurse educators can no longer rely on delivering content laden
curriculums using traditional lecture style delivery methods
Nurse educators need to implement active learning strategies that use andragogy principles• To improve the critical thinking and clinical judgment skills in pre-
licensure nursing students• Doing these things will prepare students to “think like a nurse”
This flipped classroom method will• Implement active learning strategies congruent with andragogical
principles to improve clinical judgment nursing students • The learning activities will bring clinical experience into the
classroom, provide nursing students with the opportunity to practice making clinical judgments
• Address the classroom-practice gap
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