title: Developing scholarly thinking using mind maps in graduate nursing education.
abstract: Two broad issues that beginning graduate nursing students face are identifying a research focus and learning how to organize complex information. Developing a mind map is 1 strategy to help students clarify their thinking and lay the foundation for in-depth expertise related to their research focus, review of the literature, and conceptual framework. The authors discuss their use of mind mapping combined with feedback using a fishbowl technique.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Assistant Professor (Dr Kotcherlakota), Professor (Drs Zimmerman and Berger), College of Nursing, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors.forename: Suhasini
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotcherlakota
authors.forename: Lani
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D012984:Software; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013850:Thinking