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Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in Information Retrieval Among Medical College Students in Puducherry-A Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: The traditional teaching learning methods involve a one way process of transmission of knowledge leaving the students lacking behind in creative abilities. Medical schools need to change their teaching strategies to keep the interest of students and empower them for future self- learning...

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Autores principales: Kalyanasundaram, Madhanraj, Abraham, Sherin Billy, Ramachandran, Divija, Jayaseelan, Venkatachalam, Bazroy, Joy, Singh, Zile, Purty, Anil Jacob
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331249
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.199793
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author Kalyanasundaram, Madhanraj
Abraham, Sherin Billy
Ramachandran, Divija
Jayaseelan, Venkatachalam
Bazroy, Joy
Singh, Zile
Purty, Anil Jacob
author_facet Kalyanasundaram, Madhanraj
Abraham, Sherin Billy
Ramachandran, Divija
Jayaseelan, Venkatachalam
Bazroy, Joy
Singh, Zile
Purty, Anil Jacob
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description BACKGROUND: The traditional teaching learning methods involve a one way process of transmission of knowledge leaving the students lacking behind in creative abilities. Medical schools need to change their teaching strategies to keep the interest of students and empower them for future self- learning and critical thinking. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of mind mapping technique in information retrieval among medical college students in Puducherry. METHODS: A pilot study was conducted using experimental study design among sixth semester MBBS students (n = 64) at a medical college in Puducherry, India. One group (n = 32) followed the text reading method and another group (n = 32) followed the mind mapping technique to learn the same passage given to them. The knowledge about the topic was assessed using a pre designed questionnaire at baseline, day 0 and day 7. The knowledge gain is the primary outcome variable and is compared between two groups. The feedback regarding the teaching methods was obtained from the participants. RESULTS: Mean knowledge score in the text group was lesser than the mind map group at baseline (2.6 Vs 3.5; p = 0.08). On Day 0, the mean score in text group was slightly lesser than the mind map group (8.7 Vs 9.0; p = 0.26). On Day 7, the mean score in mind map group is significantly more than the text group (8.9 Vs 8.5; p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: The mind mapping technique is an innovative and effective method in remembering things better than the routine way of reading texts.
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spelling pubmed-53489982017-03-22 Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in Information Retrieval Among Medical College Students in Puducherry-A Pilot Study Kalyanasundaram, Madhanraj Abraham, Sherin Billy Ramachandran, Divija Jayaseelan, Venkatachalam Bazroy, Joy Singh, Zile Purty, Anil Jacob Indian J Community Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The traditional teaching learning methods involve a one way process of transmission of knowledge leaving the students lacking behind in creative abilities. Medical schools need to change their teaching strategies to keep the interest of students and empower them for future self- learning and critical thinking. OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of mind mapping technique in information retrieval among medical college students in Puducherry. METHODS: A pilot study was conducted using experimental study design among sixth semester MBBS students (n = 64) at a medical college in Puducherry, India. One group (n = 32) followed the text reading method and another group (n = 32) followed the mind mapping technique to learn the same passage given to them. The knowledge about the topic was assessed using a pre designed questionnaire at baseline, day 0 and day 7. The knowledge gain is the primary outcome variable and is compared between two groups. The feedback regarding the teaching methods was obtained from the participants. RESULTS: Mean knowledge score in the text group was lesser than the mind map group at baseline (2.6 Vs 3.5; p = 0.08). On Day 0, the mean score in text group was slightly lesser than the mind map group (8.7 Vs 9.0; p = 0.26). On Day 7, the mean score in mind map group is significantly more than the text group (8.9 Vs 8.5; p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: The mind mapping technique is an innovative and effective method in remembering things better than the routine way of reading texts. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5348998/ /pubmed/28331249 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.199793 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Indian Journal of Community Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Kalyanasundaram, Madhanraj
Abraham, Sherin Billy
Ramachandran, Divija
Jayaseelan, Venkatachalam
Bazroy, Joy
Singh, Zile
Purty, Anil Jacob
Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in Information Retrieval Among Medical College Students in Puducherry-A Pilot Study
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title_short Effectiveness of Mind Mapping Technique in Information Retrieval Among Medical College Students in Puducherry-A Pilot Study
title_sort effectiveness of mind mapping technique in information retrieval among medical college students in puducherry-a pilot study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5348998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28331249
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0218.199793
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