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Nursing Education 2018 Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825 Page 28
April 23-25, 2018
Rome, Italy
27th Edition of World Congress on
Nursing Education &
Research
Statement of the Problem: Concept Mapping (CM) and
Problem-Based Learning (PBL) methods are constructivist
teaching strategy used to develop problem solving abilities and
meaning learning in nursing students. However, studies on the
effects of CM and PBL on critical thinking have shown mixed
results. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of
CM and PBL on critical thinking skills in nursing student in an
orthopedic nursing course.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: A single-group quasi-
experimental study with a pretest and posttest design was
used. A convenience sample of second-year undergraduate
students (n=44) enrolled in an orthopedic nursing course in
an Iranian university of medical sciences (in Khorramabad, the
administrative town of Lorestan Province in the west of Iran)
were included. The CM method was used in one group over the
first eight weeks of the first semester and PBL was adopted
in the second eight weeks. Standardized self-administered
questionnaire including the California Critical Thinking Skill
Test-B (CCTST-B) administrated before and after the use of
each of the approach methods. Data were analyzed in SPSS
using the paired t-test.
Findings: Both groups showed significant improvement in
overall and some subscales of the critical thinking skills from
pretest to posttest (P<0.01), but findings demonstrated that
improvement in students’ critical thinking skills (subscales
of deduction, analysis, and inference) in the PBL group was
significantly greater than in the CM group (P<0.05).
Conclusion & Significance: The PBL has greater potential in
foster the growth of critical thinking skills in nursing students.
Further studies are also recommended to compare the effects
of PBL and other teaching methods.
Biography
Mohammad Gholami has work experience in emergency, critical cardiac
care and neurosurgery care for 5-6 years. His PhD dissertation is focused
on: process of health information seeking in patients with cardiovascular
disease: design of model via grounded theory and Walker-Avant strategy.
Currently, he supervises MScN theses, which concentrate on acute-chronic
management diseases, cardiac care and evidence based nursing. He has
been employed as a Faculty Member in the Nursing and Midwifery School
of Lorestan University of Medical Sciences.
Comparison of the effects of concept mapping and problem-
based learning on critical thinking skills of nursing students
Mohammad Gholami, Amir Hossein Hossein Pour and Mandana Saki
Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorramabad, Iran
Mohammad Gholami et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C1-002