MANUSCRIPT: Advancing Teaching and Learning In Medical Education Through The Use of Concept Maps
Abstract. 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 collected and scored. Results indicate that there was a significant difference in the concept map scores of students during their clerkship rotation. Implications for teaching and learning in medical education are drawn
Written by Brian S McGowan, PhD
Dr. McGowan has served in leadership positions in numerous medical educational organizations and commercial supporters and is a Fellow of the Alliance (FACEhp). He founded the Outcomes Standardization Project, launched and hosted the Alliance Podcast, and most recently launched and hosts the JCEHP Emerging Best Practices in CPD podcast. In 2012 he Co-Founded ArcheMedX, Inc, a healthcare informatics and e-learning company to apply his research in practice.
