Mind Maps for Medical Students

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Yet, despite the lack of exposure to mind maps and their novice status, subjects in the MM group were able to integrate, and ultimately, retain enough information so that they did not score significantly less than subjects in the SNT group. Taconis R, Ferguson-Hessler MGM, Broekkamp H: Teaching science problem solving: An overview of experimental work. Unlike the quiz scores, the difference z score conforms to a Gaussian distribution as demonstrated in Figure 5.

The SNT group consisted of 65 subjects ( n = 65) and the MM group consisted of 66 subjects ( n = 66). It is clear that the content has been meticulously pruned so as not to overwhelm readers, and I think that this accessibility is its greatest strength. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.

Plus, it supports multiple formats for exporting, making it easy to share your work with classmates or professors. Consequently, studies exploring the relationship between mind mapping and critical thinking are needed before the usefulness of mind mapping can be fully supported in medical education. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Recently, Srinivasan et al[ 24] reported that concept map scores significantly increased in physicians who created concept maps on two separate occasions.

Thus, mind mapping may be an attractive resource to add to the study-strategy repertoire of entering medical students to help them learn and organize information. This important finding suggests the strength of mind mapping even after a single, 30-minute introductory session in promoting critical thinking in the novice learner, and supports the notion of adult learner capability[ 7]. Takeageneralhistoryenquiringaboutpastmedicalmaternalhistoryandmaternallifestylefactorsincludingalcohol,smokinganddiet.Concise yet comprehensive, I cannot recommend this enough to my fellow efficiency and mind map loving medics. There are no significant differences in mean scores between groups on both the pre-quiz (quiz 1) and post-quiz (quiz 2).

There were no significant differences in mean scores on both the pre- and post-quizzes between note-taking groups. Over 100 maps are organised by body system, and include disease definitions and descriptions, pathophysiology, causes, risk factors, investigations, treatments and complications where relevant and applicable.SimpleMind offers a free version with limited features, while the full version provides additional customization options and cloud sync. which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This difference was not significant and this finding demonstrates that both groups had similar baseline critical thinking abilities as measured by the HSRT. Future studies should explore longitudinal effects of mind-map proficiency training on both short- and long-term information retrieval and critical thinking.