Ashkar, A., Aboregela, A., Abdelazim, A., Metwally, A. (2022). Flipped classroom as a novel teaching tool for practical parasitology. Parasitologists United Journal, (), -. doi: 10.21608/puj.2022.126500.1159

Ayman Mohamed Ashkar; Adel Aboregela; Aaser Mohamed Abdelazim; Ashraf Salah Metwally. "Flipped classroom as a novel teaching tool for practical parasitology". Parasitologists United Journal, , , 2022, -. doi: 10.21608/puj.2022.126500.1159

Ashkar, A., Aboregela, A., Abdelazim, A., Metwally, A. (2022). 'Flipped classroom as a novel teaching tool for practical parasitology', Parasitologists United Journal, (), pp. -. doi: 10.21608/puj.2022.126500.1159

Ashkar, A., Aboregela, A., Abdelazim, A., Metwally, A. Flipped classroom as a novel teaching tool for practical parasitology. Parasitologists United Journal, 2022; (): -. doi: 10.21608/puj.2022.126500.1159

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 April 2022   Document Type: Original Article DOI: 10.21608/puj.2022.126500.1159Authors Ayman Mohamed Ashkar 1; Adel Aboregela2; Aaser Mohamed Abdelazim3; Ashraf Salah Metwally41Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Department of basic medical sciences, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, KSA2Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Bisha, Bisha, KSA Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt3Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Bisha, Bisha, KSA4Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt College of Medicine, University of BishaAbstractBackground: Flipped classroom (FC) is a novel pedagogical approach that reverses the traditional classroom and homework system in which self-directed learning (SDL) was done at home. The latter saves the time of the class for discussions and critical thinking to attain higher cognition levels of Bloom`s taxonomy. Practical Parasitology needs careful understanding, application, and evaluation of topics in a limited time.
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate FC as a novel teaching and learning tool for practical Parasitology.
Subjects and Methods: This study adopted a quantitative research methodology. We addressed the 3rd year medical students in the academic year 2021/2022 at the College of Medicine, University of Bisha, KSA. A pre-class illustrative video about the identification of blood parasites was sent to the students through the Learning Management Systems (LMS); i.e., blackboard, and a formative exam was done through google docs. Mini-lecture and focus group discussions were held at the time of the class. Post-class students` satisfaction was evaluated through an online self-administered questionnaire using Google Docs in addition to evaluation of their marks in the final course exam questions touching that topic.
Results: The FC is proved to be a new tool for most of the students who considered it an easy implementation for the understanding of practical Parasitology. For the students, being engaged, able to discuss, and deal with new technologies throughout the session, supported their competencies as medical students. The overall shortage of time was the main challenge. There was a significant improvement in students’ achievements after the FC.
Conclusion: Flipped classroom could be considered a novel learning tool for practical Parasitology that merges the traditional and student-centered approaches, fosters the students` engagement, and enhances their learning with high satisfaction reported by the students.Keywords flipped classroom; learning; parasitology; practical; teaching Main Subjects Protozoology

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