Flipping the Classroom on Respiratory Physiology: The National Neonatology Curriculum

The flipped classroom (FC) is an adult-centered learning strategy where educational materials are independently reviewed prior to case-based group discussion. FC is designed to engage higher level thinking skills, such as application and analysis, that are often not employed in traditional didactics (TD). FC is well-accepted and improves knowledge retention, but is not commonly used in graduate medical education. A respiratory physiology curriculum for neonatology training programs based on the American Board of Pediatrics board content specifications was created to standardize content and distribute the work of creating and peer reviewing …