Use of concept map as a reinforcement tool in undergraduate curriculum: an analytical study
Journal Title: Journal of Advanced Medical Sciences and Applied Technologies - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Ever-expanding medical literature demands successful amalgamation of huge information and clinical practice for budding doctors. This study aimed to find the effectiveness of the concept map, a novel method of teaching to improve performance among undergraduate pharmacology students. Methods: The undergraduate medical students pursuing pharmacology in 2017-18 in our institute was divided into two groups after stratified randomization based on the last semester grades. After a session of didactic lecture on ‘Drugs affecting Calcium Metabolism’ and a pre-test, one group was taught using traditional tutorial methods and another group using the concept map method. Finally, a post-test was taken and feedback received from the intervention group. Results: A significant improvement of student performance was found in both groups using validated questionnaire from pre-test to post-test. There was no significant difference in the percentage of improvement between the groups. This finding was consistent in both Low scorers and High scorers of the previous semester examination. Students found the new method better in terms of understanding the concept and interactivity. Conclusion: Concept mapping encourages the students to actively participate and get a comprehensive and accurate overview of the topic, but the improvement in performance in the test was not evident.
Authors and Affiliations
KAUSHIK MUKHOPADHYAY, SONALI MUKHERJEE, ARCHANA DHOK, CHANDAN CHATTERJEE, JOYA GHOSH
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP664635
- DOI 10.30476/jamp.2019.74920
- Views 99
- Downloads 0
The hybrid model of clinical skills teaching and the learning theories behind it
Introduction: There are two popular methods of clinical skills teaching. One is Peyton’s method, and the other one is Robert Gagne’s method. A hybrid model which is a combination of both teaching methods is developed and...
How to develop an undergraduate medical professionalism curriculum: Experts’ perception and suggestion
Introduction: Medical professionalism as a main ability of physicians is very important just like its teaching and learning. This study investigated medical professionalism experts’ perspectives and experiences about pro...
Comparison of the bleeding cricothyrotomy model to SimMan for training students and residents emergency cricothyrotomy
Introduction: A cricothyroidotomy is an emergency procedure that few emergency medicine residents see or perform during their training. Therefore, there is a need for low cost, high fidelity models for training. In this...
Mentoring medical students by their Peers, Three Years’ experience at Shiraz Medical School
Dear Editor In respect of the scientific and cultural aspects of medical universities, the necessity of availing new methods is absolutely evident (1, 2). In mentorship programs an experienced student (mentor) takes the...
The impact of a high fidelity simulation-based debriefing course on the Debriefing Assessment for Simulation in Healthcare (DASH)© score of novice instructors
Introduction: Experiential learning, followed by debriefing, is at the heart of Simulation-Based Medical Education (SBME) and has been proven effective to help master several medical skills. We investigated the impact of...