Flipped Classroom for Enhancing Critical Thinking and Teamwork Skills in Nursing Assistant Students

Abstract

Currently, teaching and learning management have shifted in response to the expected learning outcomes of graduate users and to promote learning with supportive resources. Traditionally, the course “Personal Health Care at Home and in the Community” for the Nursing Assistant Certificate program has focused on providing foundational knowledge for caring for individuals of all ages in various conditions, ranging from non-complex to chronic and acute illnesses, critical conditions, and end-of-life care. The wide range of contexts involved cannot be fully reflected upon through lectures alone. Therefore, planning clinical teaching for this course to facilitate student learning has become a challenge. For this reason, applying the Flipped Classroom model along with instructional video media helps overcome the limitations of traditional teaching. It promotes the learning process through the digital skills of modern learners. The Flipped Classroom model helps shift the paradigm from traditional lectures to active learning, which develops critical thinking, cooperative behavior, and clinical decision-making skills essential competencies for 21st century nursing practitioners.