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                                                                                             Original research papers 
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                        Effectiveness of mind maps as a learning tool for medical 
                        students 
                         
                        1                             1                               1                     2
                         Amila Wickramasinghe,  Nimali Widanapathirana,  Osuka Kuruppu,  Isurujith Liyanage, 
                        3                            
                         Indika Karunathilake       
                         
                         
                        Background                                                two equal groups based on their high 
                        The Mind Map is an expression of Radiant                  school performance. (Mind map vs. self-
                        Thinking, the associative thought                         selected study technique). A text on iron 
                        processes that proceed from or connect to                 deficiency anaemia was selected as self-
                        a central point, and is therefore a natural               study material. The mind map group was 
                        function of the human mind. It is a                       given a 30-minute lesson in the technique. 
                        powerful graphic technique that can be                    Both groups were exposed to the study 
                        applied to improve learning and clearer                   text for a 45-minute period and were 
                        thinking (Buzan & Buzan, 1993). Mind                      requested to answer four structured essay 
                        maps can be used as self-learning                         questions based on the study text.   
                        methods that facilitate understanding of                   
                        difficult concepts.                                       Results 
                                                                                  There was no significant difference 
                        Objective                                                 between the marks of two groups. The 
                        The curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine,                average mark of the entire group was 
                        University of Colombo, Sri Lanka                          34.4%. Majority (97.1%, N=34) from the 
                        emphasises the need for self-directed                     mind map group felt that it is useful to 
                        learning and deep learning. Our objective                 summarize information and 87.9% want to 
                        was to evaluate the effectiveness of using                study further about mind mapping. 
                        mind maps as a self-learning method for                    
                        the new entrants to the Faculty.                          Discussion 
                                                                                  Mind map technique is not superior in 
                        Method                                                    newly trained for short-term learning; 
                        Seventy-four new entry medical students                   however majority perceived it as a useful 
                        were randomly selected and assigned to                    learning tool. 
                         
                         
                         
                        Background                                                In a mind map the main study topic is 
                                                                                  drawn at the centre with keywords 
                        A mind map is a diagrammatic                              branching out in a divergent pattern. 
                        representation of words, ideas, tasks or                  These key words correspond to subtopics 
                        other items associated with a study topic.                and then smaller branches project from 
                        These maps are useful tools that can be                   the subtopics with further details regarding 
                        utilized to represent the structure of                    the subject being included in a 
                        knowledge in a form that is psychologically               progressively branching pattern. By 
                        compatible with the way human beings                      undergoing this process, information 
                        construct meaning (All & Havens, 1997).                   initially contained within passages of text 
                                                                                  becomes hierarchically organized, with the 
                                                                                  most general information being presented 
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                          Demonstrator, Faculty of medicine, Colombo              in the centre of the mind map and material 
                        2
                         Student, Faculty of medicine, Colombo                    of increasing detail being presented at the 
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                         Senior Lecturer, Faculty of medicine, Colombo            extremes (Farrand et al., 2002). It is used 
                                                                                  to generate, visualize, structure and 
                        Correspondence: 
                          Dr. Amila Wickramasinghe, Medical Education             classify ideas, and as an aid in study, 
                        Development And Research Centre, Faculty of               organization, problem solving, and 
                        medicine, No 25, Kynsey Road, Colombo 8, Sri              decision making. The elements are 
                        Lanka                                                     arranged intuitively according to the 
                        E mail: amilamfc@yahoo.com 
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                      importance of the concepts and they are               Methodology 
                      organized into groups, branches, or areas.             
                      The uniform graphic formulation of the                A total of seventy four students from the 
                      semantic structure of information on the              new entrants to the Faculty of Medicine, 
                      method of gathering knowledge, may aid                Colombo were randomly selected to 
                      recall of existing memories.                          participate in the study. They were 
                                                                            assigned to two equal groups designated 
                      Mind maps can be used as self-learning                the mind map group and the self-selected 
                      methods, which enhance the focus on                   study technique group according to the 
                      salient rather than irrelevant aspects. It            rank obtained at the university entrance 
                      also facilitates the achievement of a                 examination. There were only four 
                      conceptual understanding of the                       dropouts from any of the sessions.  
                      fundamental principals of a huge amount                
                      of information and enables to assemble                A text on “iron deficiency anaemia” was 
                      and integrate many concepts together.                 selected from a recommended text book 
                      Mind maps promote active learning.                    as self study material. The topic of the text 
                      Analysis of the data indicates that, as a             was carefully chosen to minimize the 
                      strategy to improve memory for written                possibility of participants’ existing 
                      information, the mind map technique has               knowledge in the selected study material 
                      the potential for an important improvement            from interfering with the results. The 
                      in efficacy (Farrand et al., 2002).                   investigators developed four structured 
                                                                            essay questions from the study text and all 
                      Medical schools have been changing their              questions were of a similar length and 
                      educational programs and teaching                     required the recall of a specific piece of 
                      strategies, at national and international             information presented in the text. Each 
                      levels, to ensure that students have active           question reflected a similar level of 
                      responsibility for their learning process             difficulty. 
                      and are prepared for life-long, self-directed          
                      learning (West et al., 2002). The effort              Initially the participants in the mind map 
                      toward developing active learning was                 group were given a 30-minute lesson on 
                      based on the  concern, expressed by                   the mind map technique to train them on 
                      experienced medical educators, that                   the application of the method. The lesson 
                      students memorized facts ("rote learning")            used material totally unrelated to the study 
                      instead of understanding and  applying                text to demonstrate the best ways to 
                      concepts ("meaningful learning")( Rendas              produce and memorize mind maps. During 
                      et al., 2006). Unless there is                        the training the participants were given the 
                      understanding, students may only commit               opportunity to ask questions regarding the 
                      unassimilated data to short-term memory               technique.  
                      and no meaningful learning will occur (All             
                      & Havens, 1997).                                      Following this training both groups were 
                                                                            exposed to the selected study text on iron-
                      The curriculum of the Faculty of Medicine,            deficiency anaemia for a 45-minute period.  
                      University of Colombo, Sri Lanka                       
                      emphasises the need for self-directed                 Participants in the mind map group were 
                      learning and deep learning. Therefore the             advised to divide the time between reading 
                      study was performed not only to evaluate              the study text and producing a mind map 
                      the effectiveness of mind maps as a self              and studying it. Participants in the self-
                      learning method, but also with the                    selected study technique group were 
                      objective of introducing this technique to            advised to divide their time between 
                      the new entrants to the faculty.                      reading the text and applying their existing 
                                                                            study methods. None of the participants in 
                      Objective                                             the self-selected study technique group 
                                                                            used mind maps as their preferred method 
                      Educational materials have recently                   of study. Following the study session all 
                      emerged which aim to improve memory for               participants were again given 30 minutes 
                      medical information by representing facts             to answer the questions. The perception 
                      in the form of “mind maps”. Our aim was to            regarding the technique was obtained from 
                      evaluate the effectiveness of using mind              the mind map group using a self-
                      maps as a self-learning method.                       administered questionnaire. 
                                                                             
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                   In the study, a method was developed to        However the mind map technique did not 
                   score the Mind Maps prepared by students       show any superiority over other 
                   taking into account the map’s structure as     conventional study techniques as a short 
                   well as its content. The answers were          term learning method in a newly trained 
                   marked using this pre-prepared marking         population. But the majority of the mind 
                   scheme. Data was analysed using the            map group perceived it as a useful way of 
                   Statistical Package for the Social Sciences    summarising information. They also 
                   version 15.                                    perceived it to be helpful in memorising 
                                                                  information in an organized manner 
                   Results                                        compared to their previous self study 
                                                                  techniques. Students expressed their 
                   The average mark obtained by the entire        interest to learn more about the mind 
                   group was 34.4%. The average mark              mapping technique and follow it in their 
                   obtained by the mind map group was             future academic activities. 
                   31.3%. It was 37.6% in the self selected        
                   study technique group. There was no            The mind map technique may not be 
                   statistically significant difference between   effective in improving retention of 
                   the two groups.                                information in the short-term. Further 
                                                                  studies should be undertaken to evaluate 
                   However all the participants (100%, N=         its effectiveness in retaining information in 
                   34) in the mind map group have realized        the long-term. Students’ perception of the 
                   that it is a useful way of memorising          mind map technique as an effective 
                   information. Almost all (97.1%, N= 34)         learning tool is a positive factor in deciding 
                   from that group perceived the technique        the use of mind maps as a learning 
                   as a useful method of summarising              method.                                                                                        
                   information and wanted to follow the            
                   technique for their future studies. A          References 
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