Flipped Clinical Teaching: Battling COVID-19 With Creative and Active Pedagogy

During the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 global pandemic, Schools of Nursing transitioned from the traditional clinical teaching and learning experiences to synchronous online learning.

As part of the Capstone experience in the second-degree, final semester course, students selected one clinical specialty area. Four full-time clinical faculty and five adjunct clinical instructors collaborated in flipped clinical lesson plans 3 weeks prior to the start of the semester. The lesson plan included three components: preconference, active learning, and postconference. Student evaluation of the experience was another critical component.

The student evaluation surveys supported that 95% of the respondents identified that the flipped clinical experience was a successful methodology to reinforce clinical concepts.

The flipped clinical learning approach showed promise as an effective way to provide remote clinical instruction for students during public health emergencies, when shortage of clinical sites arise, or as a replacement for missed clinical hours. [.