Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a non-traditional medical education method, as simulation-based training combined with flipped classroom model compared with traditional didactic lecture.

Materials and Methods: A pre-test was applied to all participants at the beginning of the clerkship and a post- test at the end. Participants were divided into two groups; intervention group and control group. The intervention group had access to guidelines about sepsis and the practical training was provided with a simulation-based scenario session. A traditional lecture was provided to the control group. Last year medical students who were doing their compulsory clerkship of Department of Emergency Medicine at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine between February 1, 2021 and March 31, 2021, were included in the study. SPSS Statistics Version 22 (IBM, USA) was used for statistical analysis. McNemar test was used for categorical variables and Wilcoxon test for ordinal variables in paired samples. Two tailed Mann-Whitney U test and chi-square test were used for inter-group evaluations.

Results: Participants in the intervention group were more successful than the control group considering post-tests results. Success in the difficult questions was higher in the intervention group. Participants trained with sim+ flipped model were more satisfied regarding the training from the control group. No statistically significant difference was found between the groups in other compared parameters.

Conclusion: Students would benefit more from the education given with simulation based training combined with flipped classroom, compared to conventional didactic method.