Funding Information: This study did not apply for any funding. Open access funding provided by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, IP national support through Comprehensive Health Research Centre (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Clinical reasoning is a crucial skill for physicians, enabling them to bridge theoretical knowledge with practical application. The gap between b...
We reviewed an innovative project in undergraduate medical education, which used problem-based learning and concept maps in pathophysiology teaching. We analyzed publications starting in 1995 and until 2024, to identify factors contributing to its continuity and impact, nationally and internationally.Problem-based learning was based on the methodology developed by Howard Barrows, a founder of the method. In 199...
Funding Information: This study did not apply for any funding. Article processing charges were funded by Funda\u00E7\u00E3o Ci\u00EAncia e Tecnologia, IP national support through CHRC (UIDP/04923/2020). Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Background: Clinical reasoning significantly impacts physicians’ performance and patient care quality. Research into learning transfer within clinical reasoning educat...
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 The Authors; Introduction: The scope of medical education (ME) as an autonomous field of study is still under debate. The present study aimed to identify publications addressing the topic of ME, published in international medical journals, by Portuguese authors, alone or in collaboration with foreign colleagues. Methods: Publications were retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science, bet...
Publisher Copyright: © 2023 AMEE.; Background: Concept maps (CMs) visually represent hierarchical connections among related ideas. They foster logical organization and clarify idea relationships, potentially aiding medical students in critical thinking (to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe). However, there are inconsistent claims about the use of CMs in undergraduate medical educa...
This study aims to analyze how visual tools, labeled as maps, are built, and used in medical education. Based on the educational model of concept maps (CMs), proposed by Novak and Cañas (2008), and adapted to medicine by Daley and Torre (2010), we are currently analyzing the results of a scoping review following the PRISMA extension methodology, specifically for these purposes. Other visual tools, such as knowl...
Pathophysiology at NOVA Medical School adopted the concept mapping methodology to promote the visual display of pathophysiological reasoning and learning, based on clinical vignettes. The objective of this project is to identify and label the linking words, in order to study their role in the structure and organization of the concept maps constructed by the students. We used an adopted classification of linking...
The main objective of pathophysiology teaching is to facilitate the learning of mechanisms of diseases and the understanding of their expressions in patients (symptoms, signs and tests). This objective requires the application of basic biomedical science to explain the abnormalities expressed by the patients. The capacity to integrate this new organization of knowledge is essential to the understanding of patho...
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