Title

Concept Mapping As A Tool To Promote Cognitive Integration

Creator

Douglas B. Spicer, University of New EnglandFollow
Sean M. Kilgallen, University of New EnglandFollow
Rebecca J. Rowe, University of New EnglandFollow
Kathryn H. Thompson, University of New EnglandFollow

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Description

For 20 years there has been a push to integrate the basic and clinical sciences in medical school curricula. Recently, studies have suggested that cognitive integration by the student is best achieved when the relationships between basic science and clinical domains are explicitly demonstrated. Concept mapping in response to a prompt, which asks students to create relationships among clinical and basic science concepts, should provide explicit connections that lead to a deeper conceptual understanding of the material. We designed a study to test the hypothesis that concept mapping improves the ability of students to diagnostically discriminate between multiple endocrinopathies when compared to students who were provided with similar resources. We also looked to see if knowledge retention was correlated with concept mapping or the type of notes taken during studying.

Publication Date

2017

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Higher Education | Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Notes

Authors are UNE College of Osteopathic Medicine faculty members.

Preferred Citation

Spicer, Douglas B.; Kilgallen, Sean M.; Rowe, Rebecca J.; and Thompson, Kathryn H., "Concept Mapping As A Tool To Promote Cognitive Integration" (2017). CETL Mini-Grant Research Posters. 2.
https://dune.une.edu/cetl_minigrant_posters/2