Introduction: Today, students are not interested in passive educational methods and prefer to be present in collaborative and student-oriented learning environments. One of the methods that can be used to make effective changes in the teaching method is the flipped classroom. The present study was conducted to review the importance and application of the flipped classroom method in the education of medical students.
Materials and Methods: The present article is the result of a narrative review study that was conducted through the search of Persian and English sources related to the topic in reliable national and international databases including SID, Magiran, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar search engine, using the keywords of Education, Learning, Flipped classroom, Student, and Medical sciences from 2015 to 2024. The articles were selected based on the PRISMA diagram, and the quality of selected articles was assessed using the STROB and CASP tools. After removing duplicate articles, the title and abstract of the remaining articles were checked and the articles unrelated to the study topic were removed; then the full text of the remaining articles was examined.
Results: In total, 738 articles were retrieved and finally, 15 articles were included in the study. The results of examining the studies on the importance and application of the flipped classroom learning method in medical education indicated that the flipped teaching is one of the active and inclusive-oriented educational methods that has made learning effective by creating attractive conditions; as the use of the reverse learning method in medical education has many benefits and positive consequences, such as: improving knowledge acquisition, improving skills, increasing satisfaction, improving decision-making and increasing motivation, which have been mentioned in the studies reviewed in this research.
Conclusion: Evidence suggests that the flipped classroom improves learning, reduces stress, and increases student satisfaction. The use of the flipped classroom teaching method in universities of medical sciences requires a change of perspective, the acceptance and comprehensive support of managers, increasing the quality of virtual education facilities and infrastructures, and providing appropriate information to the stakeholders and learners about the new methods of teaching and learning and their benefits compared to traditional methods of education.