Implementing mind mapping in small-group learning to promote student engagement in the medical diagnostic curriculum: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medical diagnostics is a pivotal bridge curriculum that receives much less attention from undergraduates in non-clinical medicine health profession programs with less student engagement and poor performance. Mind mapping is an active learning strategy for graphically presenting radiant thinking to culture clinical reasoning. The purpose of this study was to explore whether students' comprehensive diagnostic skills are enhanced through increased student engagement by employing mind mapping.

Methods

We implemented mind mapping in small-grouped workshops with 86 junior undergraduates from preventive medicine program, for physical diagnostic sessions including physical examination (PE) maneuver, electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation and medical history collection. We

SUBMITTER: He J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10967072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature