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2-3 . 2017

The use of the mental maps in the practice of a training of older year students in the discipline "children's infectious diseases"

AbstractIn the article an expediency of using the mental maps as an alternative to traditional educational literature for the training of the students of the older years for a practical training on the discipline "сhildren's infectious diseases" is studied. The purpose — to prove the advantages of using the mental maps before an educational student's literature. In the work concrete and sociological methods — voluntary anonymous questioning and the method of a simple interview with the purpose of s specification of some positions are used. 72 students of the 5th and the 6th courses of the general medicine and the pediatric faculties underwent questioning and interviewing. As a result of the conducted survey it turned out that the vast majority of the respondents (83.3%) in general positively estimated use of the mental tables by the preparation for a practical training in comparison with an educational literature. From the most significant positive features of use of this pedagogical reception students noted presentation of an information at its small volume, and its structure. Only 6.9% of the students showed a negative attitude to the mental maps, having indicated its insufficient completeness. Thus, the use of the mental maps as an alternative to educational literature in many cases will be expedient by preparation for a practical training on the discipline "Children's infectious diseases".

Keywords:• mental map • mind map • associative card • children's infectious diseases

Meditsinskoe obrazovanie i professional’noe razvitie [Medical Education and Professional Development]. 2017; (2-3): 20–3.
DOI: 10.24411/2220-8453-2017-00002


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CHIEF EDITOR
CHIEF EDITOR
Balkizov Zalim Zamirovich
Secretary General of the Russian Society of Medical Education Specialists, Director of the Institute of Training of Medical Education Specialists of the Russian Medical Academy of Continuing Professional Education, 125993, Moscow, Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Vocational Education and Educational Technologies of the N.I. Pirogov RNIMU of the MOH of Russia, CEO of GEOTAR-Med, Advisor President of the National Medical Chamber, Moscow, Russian Federation

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