Introduction:

The flipped classroom turns out to be an educational modality used nowadays, where the student is not a passive agent in the teaching-learning process, in this modality the appropriate selection of the topics by the teachers plays an important role.

Objective:

Design a strategy using the Flipped Classroom modality, applied to first-year medical students, for the development of Free Software competencies for the Information Management of the theoretical contents of the Medical Informatics subject.

Method:

It was applied to all students enrolled in the first year of the school year 2017-2018, after selection by the faculty of the topics to be treated and the preparation of materials to that effect.

Results:

Favorable and quality results were achieved by the students.

Conclusions:

The use of this modality allowed the debate and summary of the topics and the best use of the available time, as well as the achievement of practical skills. It favors the independence and autonomy of students in the acquisition of knowledge and skills.

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