Flipped classroom learning appears to improve academic performance and the evidence suggests student satisfaction with the innovative learning method, but the certainty of the evidence was low.

What is the review about?
Students face several challenges when learning through traditional teaching settings. They need to accumulate huge amounts of factual knowledge from the courses, and to keep up-to-date with the prolific growth in health knowledge. Lack of awareness about digital technologies and non-exposure to digital-friendly environments have made learning even more challenging. Therefore, an innovative approach to the education delivery system is needed.

A flipped class includes two elements of education: a recorded lecture (off-campus learning as homework) and an active learning session (on-campus learning). Pre-recorded lectures are provided to the students as homework and as an aid to learning which is then interactively discussed later on campus. This review aims to explore whether there is empirical evidence that supports this method of learning for undergraduate health professional students. Do flipped classrooms improve academic performance and are students satisfied with the flipped class learning method?