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Use of an expert concept map as an advance organizer to improve understanding of respiratory failure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22225439     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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Background: Helping novices transition toward expertise requires "meaningful" learning. Advance organizers are educational tools which help connect prior knowledge with new information, a critical step in making learning meaningful. Concept maps visually represent knowledge organization and can serve as advance organizers enabling deeper and more meaningful learning while enhancing knowledge integration. Aim: To compare respiratory failure understanding of resident physicians instructed, using an expert concept map advance organizer with learners receiving traditional didactic teaching. Methods: Residents were randomized by month of service to receive either a control lecture or a session using an expert concept map as an advanced organizer. Participants completed three concept maps; pre-education (CM1), immediately post-education (CM2), and 1 week later (CM3). Concept maps were scored using a standardized structural scoring method. Results: Forty-six pediatric residents (23 control and 23 experimental) participated. To account for repeated measures within subjects, the generalized estimating equations method compared concept map improvement between groups. The experimental group improved significantly more than controls (CM1-CM2-CM3 p = 0.001; CM1-CM2 p = 0.001; and CM1-CM3 p = 0.017). Conclusions: Using an expert concept map as an advance organizer improves knowledge organization and integration while offering a tool to enhance deeper understanding of medical knowledge among resident physicians.
Authors:
William B Cutrer; Danny Castro; Kevin M Roy; Teri L Turner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Medical teacher     Volume:  33     ISSN:  1466-187X     ISO Abbreviation:  Med Teach     Publication Date:  2011  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-09     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7909593     Medline TA:  Med Teach     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1018-26     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , USA.
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