Investigating The Effect of Concept Map on Undergraduate Students of Anesthesia Learning in Alborz University of Medical Sciences

Nowadays, teaching medical students needs to use new educational methods such as concept maps, along with traditional teaching methods. Which increases learners' desire to learn, focus on key points and organize content. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of concept map on the learning rate of anesthesiology undergraduate students.

This quasi-experimental study with pre-test-post-test design was performed on 6th semester undergraduate students of Alborz University of Medical Sciences in 2021. Forty students were selected by census method and based on inclusion criteria, then randomly divided into two groups. In the control group, the lecture method and in the intervention group, the lecture method with a concept map tool was used to teach the interpretation of arterial blood gases. Students' learning before and one month after the intervention was measured using a four-choice test.

The mean scores of students before the intervention were 12.95± 3.95 in the experimental group and 13.10±   3.82 in the control group (P = 0.90). After the intervention, it reached 18.95 ± 4.28 in the experimental group and 14.05 ± 2.83 in the control group, which was significantly higher in the intervention group (P <0.001).

Developing a concept map as an analytical strategy in education, along with the use of lecture method can be effective in promoting student learning.