Reflections on community-engaged learning in STEM: a student’s and instructor’s perspective

<b>NEW & NOTEWORTHY</b> Community-engaged learning, in which students work collaboratively with community partners on mutually-beneficial projects, fosters student civic engagement, collaboration, and critical thinking. This article uses a students-as-partners approach to describe the implementation of CEL in an undergraduate medical sciences course from both the instructor and student perspective. We share reflections and insights as to how a flipped course design and assessments synergize to foster deep and reflective learning.