Preclinical medical students' understandings of academic and medical professionalism: visual analysis of mind maps.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Several studies have begun to explore medical students' understandings of professionalism generally and medical professionalism specifically. Despite espoused relationships between academic (AP) and medical professionalism (MP), previous research has not yet investigated students' conceptualisations of AP and MP and the relationships between the two.

Objectives

The current study, based on innovative visual analysis of mind maps, therefore aims to contribute to the developing literature on how professionalism is understood.

Methods

We performed a multilayered analysis of 98 mind maps from 262 first-year medical students, including analysing textual and graphical elements of AP, MP and the relationships between AP and MP.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Janczukowicz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629743 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature