The effect of Critical Concept Map (CCM) in teaching tropical and communicable disease among undergraduate nursing students

Abstract

Background

Critical decision making is the key component of all the nursing courses which are taught in nursing education. CCM is a teaching method to develop to connect the different concepts, study their relationship and integrate in clinical practice. It is been used clinically to enhance students’ learning in patient’s status and plan nursing with diagrammatic presentation.

Objective

The aim of the study is to analyse the effectivity of critical concept mapping in teaching tropical and communicable disease among undergraduate nursing students.

Methodology

This quasi-experimental study conducted on 54 students in four steps. Participants were recruited through simple random sampling from two private nursing colleges, in Karachi, Pakistan. The data was collected through “SECMNE” a structured questionnaire developed by Tarım, Boy and Şanlıtürk in 2022. 

Result

Data was analyze using SPSS version 24. To compares the means of pre-test and post-test the inferential statistics that was applied on the data received was Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test as a nonparametric test. At 95 % confidence level, and alpha = 0.05, the following results were obtained. That proves CCM is as effective classroom strategy in teaching TCD among undergraduate students.

Conclusion

The study concluded that the Cronbach alpha is excellent therefore, it could be utilized in other studies as well. Moreover, study concluded that CCM is an effective classroom strategy in classroom. Therefore, the current study recommends that CCM could be utilized as classroom strategy where clinicals are not the part of the course.