| Hobby, Angharad 2024. The flipped classroom approach in optometry education; a help or a hinderance? Presented at: British Congress of Optometry and Vision Science, London, UK, 12-13 September 2024. |
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Purpose: The Flipped Classroom (FC) approach introduces initial concepts to students prior to in-person teaching sessions1. This study investigated optometric educators opinions regarding benefits and risks of FC. Methods: Optometry educators across the UK participated in a questionnaire (16 Likert Scaled, two ‘free-text’ questions). Quantitative data was analysed to ascertain measures of agreement with reported advantages and disadvantages of FC. Thematic analysis was used to explore qualitative data to identify trends in perspectives of FC. Results: Of the 29 participants that completed the questionnaire 96% felt FC has value in optometric education. The majority (69-93%) agreed that FC allows for delivery of more engaging in-person sessions and provides a greater opportunity for flexible learning/development of time management skills/ other professional assets. Additionally, the majority (76-90%) agreed FC potentially risks students falling behind due to poor engagement or feeling overwhelmed. Thematic analysis supported this and further explored disadvantages such as lack of engagement and the potential for FC to create gaps between higher performing students and those with additional needs/access issues. Interestingly, it was observed that students with additional needs can often excel with FC and perhaps lack of educator awareness in this area could be contributing to some gaps in engagement/attainment. Conclusions: FC is a valuable tool providing many advantages in the delivery of optometry education. Some risks exist with this approach, often related to engagement and additional needs. Further investigation into cultural changes in education and educators understanding of/adaptions for additional needs would be beneficial.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item - unpublished |
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| Date Type: | Published Online |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Schools: | Schools > Optometry and Vision Sciences |
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) R Medicine > RE Ophthalmology |
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| Last Modified: | 18 Feb 2026 14:00 |
| URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/184871 |
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