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“Flipping” the Medical School Classroom

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During a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) First Friday Google+ Hangout (10/3/14), panelists discussed a new approach to medical education in which much basic content is delivered online, thus freeing up classroom time for more interactive sessions and learning what really “sticks” with students. Susan Dentzer, senior policy adviser to the Foundation, led a discussion with innovators at Stanford University; Khan Academy; and web platform and app for medical students, Osmosis; sharing visions for the present and future of medical education that better serve emerging physicians and patients. 
Participants: Susan Dentzer (Moderator), senior policy adviser to RWJF; Michael Painter, MD, JD, senior program officer, RWJF; Charles Prober, MD, professor, Pediatrics-Infectious Diseases, professor, Microbiology & Immunology, senior associate dean, Medical Education, Stanford School of Medicine; Rishi Desai, MD, MPH, program lead, Medical Partnerships, Khan Academy; Jennifer DeCoste-Lopez, medical student, Stanford School of Medicine; Shiv Gaglani, co-founder & CEO, Osmosis and editor, Medgadget. Learn more at www.rwjf.org/firstfriday.
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