Live-streaming: The Flipped Clinic Model for the Multidisciplinary Practice of Dentistry

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has placed new emphasis on remote learning. Maintaining social distancing while offering the same quality clinical education is a high priority. The "flipped clinic model" is based on the flipped classroom: instruction moves from the traditional classroom space to online teaching and videos. Traditionally, first-year students would be in the clinic for their introductory sessions when they role play the dentist-patient scenario. With the flipped clinic model, this is replaced by only faculty going into the clinic and students looking into the clinic operatory and being instructed via the Zoom video conferencing platform. The equipment consists of mobile phones and a computer.