Effect of Concept Mapping Teaching Method on Critical Thinking Skills of Medical Students

Education Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effect of Concept Mapping Teaching Method on Critical Thinking Skills of Medical Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02816242
• Other study ID #: 94-5693
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 24, 2016
• Last updated: October 21, 2016
• Start date: January 2014
• Est. completion date: March 2015

Study information

• Verified date: October 2016
• Source: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Iran: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

effect of concept map in teaching critical thinking was done with randomized study

Description:

This quasi-experimental study with two groups design and pre-posttest method was conducted at Ahvaz University of Medical Sciences in 2014. About 100 Medical Students of in their third semester were recruited for the study based on census. Participants were divided into two intervention and control groups by using random sampling and Random Number Table List. Students in the control group were lectured in Anatomy using traditional lecture method. Whereas, students in the experimental group were taught Anatomy using concept map teaching method. Student's critical thinking was evaluated by examining" Standard California Critical Thinking Skills Questionnaire"

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: March 2015
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• any student at 1st semester of medicine who accept participation in study

Exclusion Criteria:

• do not accepting to participate

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Basic Science

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Education

Intervention

Other:
• concept map teaching
teaching anatomy using concept map to improve critical thinking
• traditional teaching
teaching anatomy using lecture

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Education Developmen Center	Shiraz	Fars

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences	Ahvaz University of medical sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Iran, Islamic Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Standard California Critical Thinking Skills Questionnaire score	score which was got from questionnaire pre and post intervention	4 months	No
Secondary	student satisfaction	questionnaire for satisfaction	4 months	No
Secondary	anatomy score	scores of anatomy in same exam at final	4 months	No