Visualizing Thought Through Mind Mapping: RCT on Critical Thinking Skills Among Nursing Students, Gazi University, Ankara
Summary
Gazi University in Ankara, Turkey registered a randomized controlled trial (NCT07548658) on ClinicalTrials.gov to evaluate whether mind mapping instruction enhances critical thinking and problem-solving skills among nursing students. The study will enroll approximately 80 students from the 2025-2026 academic year, stratifying them by Marmara Critical Thinking Tendencies Scale scores and assigning 65 to a five-week intervention involving five case-study modules (infection control, medication administration, patient safety, ethical issues, and systematic approaches). This is a prospective research registration, not a completed study or regulatory requirement.
“This study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the mind mapping method in enhancing nursing students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills.”
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This ClinicalTrials.gov registration entry documents a prospective randomized controlled trial to be conducted at Gazi University's Faculty of Nursing in Ankara, Turkey. The study plans to enroll approximately 80 nursing students, using stratified randomization to assign 65 participants to the intervention group. Five case-study modules—covering infection control, medication administration, patient safety, ethical issues, and systematic approaches—will be delivered over five weeks within the existing Critical Thinking in Nursing course. Pre-test instruments include the Demographic Information Form, Marmara Critical Thinking Tendencies Scale, and Problem-Solving Inventory. Healthcare and higher education institutions that sponsor or conduct clinical research involving nursing education methodologies should note this registry entry as a data point on the growing use of structured thinking tools in clinical training programs.
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Visualizing Thought Through Mind Mapping: A Randomized Controlled Trial on Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills Among Nursing Students
N/A NCT07548658 Kind: NA Apr 23, 2026
Abstract
This study will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the mind mapping method in enhancing nursing students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills. The study will be conducted using a randomized controlled experimental design. The study will be conducted at the Faculty of Nursing at Gazi University, located in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. The study population will consist of students (n=80) enrolled in the Critical Thinking in Nursing course at the Faculty of Nursing, Gazi University, during the 2025-2026 academic year. The research will be conducted in a randomised controlled experimental design (n=65).
All students will be administered the "Demographic Information Form," the "Marmara Critical Thinking Tendencies Scale," and the "Problem-Solving Inventory" as pre-tests. Subsequently, students who volunteer to participate in the study will be selected based on inclusion criteria. The students will be assigned to two separate groups using stratified randomization based on their scale point means.
The implementation phase of the study will be conducted over five weeks in the Critical Thinking in Nursing course. The researchers have developed five distinct case studies to be discussed in the Critical Thinking in Nursing course. One case study will be covered each week. The case studies address infection control, medication administration, patient safety and medical errors, ethical issues, and systematic approaches. Different teaching methods will be applied...
Conditions: Mind Mapping, Nursing Students, Critical Thinking
Interventions: Mind mapping
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