Evaluation of the use of conceptual maps in disciplines of the undergraduate course in Dentistry of UFMG in the students’ perception

• Autor(a) principal: Freire-Maia, Fernanda Bartolomeo
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Mattos, Flávio de Freitas, Amaral, João Henrique Lara do, Abreu, Mauro Henrique Nogueira Guimarães de, Lanza, Célia Regina Moreira, Castilho, Lia Silva de, Magalhães, Cláudia Silami de, Massara, Maria de Lourdes de Andrade, Noronha, Júlio Carlos, Carneiro, Alessandra Raid, Pacheco, Thiago Rodrigues
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Docência do Ensino Superior (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/rdes/article/view/2019
• topic: Mapas conceituais; Metodologia inovadora; Aprendizagem significativa; Odontologia; Conceptual maps; Innovative methodology; Significant learning; Dentistry

This study aims at evaluating the use of conceptual maps in the integrated primary clinical care disciplines I, II, III, IV, V and pediatric dentistry disciplines I and II from the undergraduate course of the dental school of the federal university of Minas Gerais, considering students’ perception. The disciplines have experimentally introduced the use of conceptual maps as a teaching strategy during the first semester of 2011 with different approaches, considering the specificity of each topic. In the end of the semester questionnaires for the evaluation of the use of the conceptual maps were distributed among the students enrolled in the mentioned disciplines. Among the 196 students who answered the questionnaires, 69.4% positively evaluated the activity. It should be mentioned that 73% of the students said they were satisfied with the use of conceptual maps in reporting clinical cases. Moreover, the students highlighted the use of conceptual maps in summarizing the topics under study, understanding and articulating knowledge and providing integral care for patients. Such results point towards the need for improvement of the use of conceptual maps, while they should remain as a teaching strategy for the next semesters.