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Table 4 Comparison of post-test outcomes between flipped classroom and traditional classroom medical students at the end of the EBM programa (n = 90)

From: Implementing a flipped classroom model in an evidence-based medicine curriculum for pre-clinical medical students: evaluating learning effectiveness through prospective propensity score-matched cohorts

Post-course scores for the EBM program (EBM category/exam format)

LB group (n = 45)

FC goup (n = 45)

SMD

p-value

mean

sd

mean

sd

Ask/written exam

3.87

(1.13)

6.22

(1.27)

1.959

< 0.001

Acquire/written exam

3.94

(1.64)

6.40

(1.72)

1.459

< 0.001

Appraise/written exam

1.47

(1.74)

6.87

(2.20)

2.724

< 0.001

Ask/oral exam

6.12

(0.88)

7.45

(0.91)

1.487

< 0.001

Acquire/oral exam

5.63

(1.19)

7.47

(1.14)

1.577

< 0.001

Appraise/oral exam

6.87

(0.86)

7.56

(0.73)

0.867

< 0.001

Apply/oral exam

3.97

(1.24)

7.34

(0.80)

3.240

< 0.001

  1. sd Standard deviation, smd Standardized mean difference, LB Lecture-based, FC Flipped classroom, EBM Evidence-based medicine
  2. aAspect “Apply” to testing from oral examinations only