To Flip or Not to Flip—That is The Question Academic outcomes of flipped classroom learning: a meta-analysis. Chen, K. S., Monrouxe, L., Lu, Y. H., Jenq, C. C., Chang, Y. J., Chang, Y. C., & Chai, P. Y. Medical Education 2018. ePub ahead of print.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13616 Reviewed by Aleisha Nabower What were the study questions? Is the flipped classroom learning approach associated with students’ enhanced knowledge and behavior more than the lecture-based learning approach in higher education? Does this differ by context? How was the … Continued

Feeling a Little Self-Conscious? Who Am I, and Who Do I Strive to Be? Applying a Theory of Self-Conscious Emotions to Medical Education. Bynum WE, Artino AR. Academic Medicine. 93(6):874–880.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001970 Reviewed by Fatima Aly What was the study question? What is self-conscious emotion and what impact does it have on medical learners, especially in regards to professional identity formation, motivation and perfectionism? How was the study done? The authors … Continued

But…what really influences a learner to attempt a skill on patient? Not just trust: factors influencing learners’ attempts to perform technical skills on real patients Susan L Bannister, Mark S Dolson, Lorelei Lingard & David A Keegan. Medical Education 2018: 52: 605–619.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13522 Reviewed by Kari Phang, MD and Patricia McBurney, MD What was the study question?What factors and dynamics are involved when residents/fellows attempt technical procedures onreal patients in the pediatric emergency department? How was the study done?A multi-phased qualitative study … Continued