concept maps and meaningful learning in medical education

Concept maps and meaningful learning in medical education

Toward meaningful learning in undergraduate medical education using concept maps in a PBL pathophysiology course.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is now an established method in undergraduate medical education that aims to develop reasoning skills based on clinical problems. More recently, the use of concept mapping in medical education aims to improve meaningful learning. At the New University of Lisbon, we have been using PBL as a major educational method in a pathophysiology course. In 2003-2004, we starte...

Mediated learning experience and concept maps: a pedagogical tool for achieving meaningful learning in medical physiology students.

Even though comprehension of human physiology is crucial in the clinical setting, students frequently learn part of this subject using rote memory and then are unable to transfer knowledge to other contexts or to solve clinical problems. This study evaluated the impact of articulating the concept map strategy with the mediated learning experience on meaningful learning during the cardiovascular...

Advancing Teaching and Learning in Medical Education through the Use of Concept Maps

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which the use of concept maps influenced the learning processes of third year internal medicine students in the context of medical education. Sixty-three students were taught to use concept mapping as a learning strategy at the beginning of their internal medicine rotation. The first and final concept maps created by these students were c...

Concept maps in medical education: an analytical literature review.

OBJECTIVES As the medical profession continues to change, so do the educational methods by which medical students are taught. Various authors have acknowledged the need for alternative teaching and learning strategies that will enable medical students to retain vast amounts of information, integrate critical thinking skills and solve a range of complex clinical problems. Previous research has i...

Effectiveness of Concept Maps 1 Running head: EFFECTIVENESS OF CONCEPT MAPS The Effectiveness of Concept Maps in Assessment and Learning in Mathematics Education

The effectiveness of concept maps in mathematics education was examined through review of relevant empirical research studies. Concept maps are identified by Novak as useful tools in learning and assessment, comprising concepts connected by linking phrases that form propositions relevant to a particular knowledge domain, organized in a hierarchical structure. To examine claims of the effectiven...