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ERIC Number: EJ1402719
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1043-4046
EISSN: EISSN-1522-1229
Providing the Choice of In-Person or Videoconference Attendance in a Clinical Physiology Course May Harm Learning Outcomes for the Entire Cohort
Anderson, Lisa Carney; Jacobson, Tate
Advances in Physiology Education, v47 n3 p548-556 2023
Clinical Physiology 1 and 2 are flipped classes in which students watch prerecorded videos before class. During the 3-h class, students take practice assessments, work in groups on critical thinking exercises, work through case studies, and engage in drawing exercises. Due to the COVID pandemic, these courses were transitioned from in-person classes to online classes. Despite the university's return-to-class policy, some students were reluctant to return to in-person classes; therefore during the 2021-2022 academic year, Clinical Physiology 1 and 2 were offered as flipped, hybrid courses. In a hybrid format, students either attended the synchronous class in person or online. Here we evaluate the learning outcomes and the perceptions of the learning experience for students who attended Clinical Physiology 1 and 2 either online (2020-2021) or in a hybrid format (2021-2022). In addition to exam scores, in-class surveys and end of course evaluations were compiled to describe the student experience in the flipped hybrid setting. Retrospective linear mixed-model regression analysis of exam scores revealed that a hybrid modality (2021-2022) was associated with lower exam scores when controlling for sex, graduate/undergraduate status, delivery method, and the order in which the courses were taken (F test: F = 8.65, df1 = 2, df2 = 179.28, P = 0.0003). In addition, being a Black Indigenous Person of Color (BIPOC) student is associated with a lower exam score, controlling for the same previous factors (F test: F = 4.23, df1 = 1, df2 = 130.28, P = 0.04), albeit with lower confidence; the BIPOC representation in this sample is small (BIPOC: n = 144; total: n = 504). There is no significant interaction between the hybrid modality and race, meaning that BIPOC and White students are both negatively affected in a hybrid flipped course. Instructors should consider carefully about offering hybrid courses and build in extra student support.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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