Combination use of mind mapping and Mini-CEX in teaching physical assessment skills in the thoracic surgery department
Objective To explore the effect of mind mapping combined with Mini-CEX in teaching physical assessment skills in nur-sing interns in the thoracic surgery department.Methods A convenience sample of 59 college nursing students during their intern-ship practice in the department of thoracic surgery were assigned to two groups chronologically.The control group(n=30)re-ceived usual clinical mentoring,while their counterparts in the observation group(n=29)utilized mind mapping and Mini-CEX in clinical teaching.The effect was evaluated after 6 consecutive weeks of teaching.Results The observation group had significantly higher scores in critical thinking ability,physical assessment ability,and self-evaluation of learning outcomes than the control group(all P＜0.05).Conclusion Combination use of mind mapping and Mini-CEX in teaching physical assessment skills in the tho-racic surgery department,can cultivate nursing interns'critical thinking ability and enhance teaching effect.
nursing studentsjunior collegethoracic surgery departmentclinical internshipphysical assessmentmind mappingMini-CEXclinical teaching
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