Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study
Introduction: Ever-expanding medical literature demands<br />successful amalgamation of huge information and clinical practice<br />for budding doctors. This study aimed to find the effectiveness<br />of the concept map, a novel method of teaching to improve<br />performance...
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| description | Introduction: Ever-expanding medical literature demands<br />successful amalgamation of huge information and clinical practice<br />for budding doctors. This study aimed to find the effectiveness<br />of the concept map, a novel method of teaching to improve<br />performance among undergraduate pharmacology students.<br />Methods: The undergraduate medical students pursuing<br />pharmacology in 2017-18 in our institute was divided into two<br />groups after stratified randomization based on the last semester<br />grades. After a session of didactic lecture on ‘Drugs affecting<br />Calcium Metabolism’ and a pre-test, one group was taught using<br />traditional tutorial methods and another group using the concept<br />map method. Finally, a post-test was taken and feedback received<br />from the intervention group.<br />Results: A significant improvement of student performance was<br />found in both groups using validated questionnaire from pre-test<br />to post-test. There was no significant difference in the percentage<br />of improvement between the groups. This finding was consistent<br />in both Low scorers and High scorers of the previous semester<br />examination. Students found the new method better in terms of<br />understanding the concept and interactivity.<br />Conclusion: Concept mapping encourages the students to actively<br />participate and get a comprehensive and accurate overview of the<br />topic, but the improvement in performance in the test was not<br />evident. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-319f00527b6a481d928fdaf00402024d2022-12-21T23:01:54ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism2322-22202322-35612019-07-017311812210.30476/jamp.2019.7492045009Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical studyKAUSHIK MUKHOPADHYAY0SONALI MUKHERJEE1ARCHANA DHOK2CHANDAN CHATTERJEE3JOYA GHOSH4Department of Pharmacology, ESIC Medical College, 23 Diamond Harbor Road, Joka, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacology, ESIC Medical College, 23 Diamond Harbor Road, Joka, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Biochemistry, JNMC, Wardha, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacology, ESIC Medical College, 23 Diamond Harbor Road, Joka, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Pharmacology, ESIC Medical College, 23 Diamond Harbor Road, Joka, Kolkata, IndiaIntroduction: Ever-expanding medical literature demands<br />successful amalgamation of huge information and clinical practice<br />for budding doctors. This study aimed to find the effectiveness<br />of the concept map, a novel method of teaching to improve<br />performance among undergraduate pharmacology students.<br />Methods: The undergraduate medical students pursuing<br />pharmacology in 2017-18 in our institute was divided into two<br />groups after stratified randomization based on the last semester<br />grades. After a session of didactic lecture on ‘Drugs affecting<br />Calcium Metabolism’ and a pre-test, one group was taught using<br />traditional tutorial methods and another group using the concept<br />map method. Finally, a post-test was taken and feedback received<br />from the intervention group.<br />Results: A significant improvement of student performance was<br />found in both groups using validated questionnaire from pre-test<br />to post-test. There was no significant difference in the percentage<br />of improvement between the groups. This finding was consistent<br />in both Low scorers and High scorers of the previous semester<br />examination. Students found the new method better in terms of<br />understanding the concept and interactivity.<br />Conclusion: Concept mapping encourages the students to actively<br />participate and get a comprehensive and accurate overview of the<br />topic, but the improvement in performance in the test was not<br />evident.http://jamp.sums.ac.ir/article_45009_59b71ad9aee6d1fd8a128d80b36408ab.pdfconcept mapmedical teachingfeedbackcurriculum |
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| title | Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study |
| title_full | Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study |
| title_fullStr | Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study |
| title_short | Use of Concept Map as a reinforcement tool in Undergraduate Curriculum: An analytical study |
| title_sort | use of concept map as a reinforcement tool in undergraduate curriculum an analytical study |
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