title: Redefining classroom instruction.
abstract: In this study, the role of the classroom instructor was redefined from a "lecturer" responsible for delivering the core curriculum to a "facilitator" at the center of an active learning environment. Web-based lectures were used to provide foundation content to students outside of the classroom, which made it possible to improve the quality of student-faculty contact time in the classroom. Students reported that this hybrid format of instruction afforded them a better understanding of the content, a higher probability of retaining the content, and the opportunity to spend more time thinking about the application of the content compared with more traditional lecture-based methods of instruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. goldberg@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: Harry R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Eileen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Haase
authors.forename: Artin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shoukas
authors.forename: Lawrence
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schramm
mesh_terms: D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*