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BACKGROUND: With recent changes in the curriculum of bachelor of medicine and bachelor ofsurgery  (MBBS) course to meet the global trends and to fulfill the standards expected from anIndian medical graduate, introduction of newer teaching methodologies becomes mandatory. Theusage of flipped classroom (FCR) in medical education has always been rewarding. This study wasto evaluate the effectiveness of FCR as a teaching method in comparison with traditional lecturesin histology sessions in Sri Ramaswamy Memorial (SRM) Medical College Hospital and ResearchCentre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This interventional study was conducted among the 1st year MBBSstudents in SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre for a period of 1 year (2018–2019academic year). The histology sessions were taught using both traditional lectures and FCRmethodology. Pre‑  and posttests were conducted for each traditional and FCR session with tenmultiple‑choice questions pertaining to that topic. Students’ performance was assessed by pairedt‑test (for pre‑ and posttest comparisons) and independent t‑test (for traditional and FCR posttestmark comparison) using SPSS software version 26. A feedback survey based on Likert scale wasalso conducted on the students and was analyzed. P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.RESULTS: Posttest marks had statistically significantly improved when compared to pretestmarks (P  <  0.0001) in both traditional and FCR teaching methods. Comparison of posttestmarks showed statistically significantly higher marks in FCR when compared to traditionalteaching (P < 0.0001). Similarly, students’ feedback survey showed that FCR benefitted the studentsin achieving the competency required.CONCLUSION: FCR methodology of teaching histology had a very impressive outcome and thestudents’ perception was very positive.