Medical profession's use of mind mapping

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The medical profession makes extensive and deep use of information maps in its study programs.

Six sources of medical study mind maps are named. Most are extensive so we have made separate articles in WikIT. Links to these articles are given below in context, but are summarized here:

In making use of these maps, you should evaluate the sources and decide whether you can rely on their accuracy and completeness. Be aware that WikIT does not endorse or validate the maps and our editors are not qualified to do so.  
 

Study and learning[edit]

Allergy Cases[edit]

Allergy Cases is a website tightly focused on allergies and immunology. The author of the maps on that site is V. Dimov, M.D., Fellow, Creighton University Division of Allergy & Immunology and the reviewer is S. Randhawa, M.D., Fellow, LSU (Shreveport) Department of Allergy & Immunology. The maps and information there are endorsed by two relevant professional bodies: The AAAAI and the ACAAI.

This article focuses only on the mind maps, but there is extensive reference information included on the allergycases.org web pages with the mind maps.

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Mind Maps by Disease

  • Pathogenesis of Inflammation in Asthma
  • Diagnosis of Asthma
  • Treatment of asthma


Immunology Mind Maps


 

ICU Mind Maps[edit]

One of the most significant sources of medical mind maps is Life in the Fast Lane, a website edited by a team of Australian physicians, with 353 detailed PDF files for download. Given the size of the list, a catalogue with links is given in a separate WikIT article on ICU Mind Maps. They cover, in extraordinary detail, the following extensive range of topics in medical study:

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  • Respiratory Equipment and Procedures
  • Other Equipment and Procedures
  • Antimicrobials
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Specific micro-organisms
  • Imaging
  • Laboratory tests
  • Monitoring and Other Investigations
  • (Also see the Respiratory section of Equipment and Procedures)


 

Madhero88[edit]

This collection of medical mind maps are sourced from the Wikipedia user page of Madhero88 and are here acknowledged as the work of Madhero88 (Maen K A), who has released them under the Creative commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

Thumbnail and full sized images are here: Medical mind map sources – madhero88

Branches of Brachial plexus


Topics covered are these:

  • Alkaline phosphatase
  • Aspirin
  • Aspirin – Adverse effects and drug interactions
  • Axilla
  • Beta blockers
  • Brachial plexus
  • Carpal tunnel and carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Excess lead
  • Growth hormone physiology, summary
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Inguinal region and Inguinal Hernia
  • Lower limb muscle innervation
  • Lung cancer types
  • Metabolic syndrome mind map
  • Neuromuscular depolarizing agents
  • Neuromuscular blockers nondepolarizing agents
  • Patient history taking
  • Shoulder joint
  • Skull fracture
  • Smoking health effects
  • Upper arm fractures
  • Upper limb muscle innervation

Medic’All Maps[edit]

“Cartes en médecine” is a site in French with maps covering
topics in the list below. These are covered in more detail in a
separate WikIT article

  • Alcoholic Liver Disease (ALD)
  • Cancer (Cancérologie)
  • Hepato-Gastroenterology (Hépato-gastro-entérologie)
  • Infectious diseases (Infectiologie)
  • General medicine (Médecine générale)
  • Medico-social (Médico-social)
  • Nutrition
  • Ear, Nose and Throat (Oto-rhino-laryngologie)
  • Pulmonology (Pneumologie)
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Medmaps[edit]

MedMaps UK is a site offering mind maps on medical topics to medical professionals. Quote “The purpose of this website is to create a collection of free medical mindmaps in order to facilitate learning of complex topics.”

There is a separate article on Medmaps.

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University of Dundee[edit]

Mind maps from the University of Dundee, UK, can be downloaded and saved and a viewer for the Thoughtograph software can be accessed from a link at the same site. This allows the mind maps to be viewed and you can interact with them – opening and closing branches and exploring different areas, though not making changes.
 
 
 
 
 
Lecture mind maps covering the following topics can be found at the site:

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Year 1[edit]

  • Cardiovascular Lectures
  • Genito Urinary Renal Lectures
  • Introduction to Systems of the Body Lectures       
  • Musculoskeletal – Action Potentials
  • Musculoskeletal Lectures
  • Respiration Lectures

Year 2[edit]

  • Cardiovascular Lectures
  • Haematology Lectures
  • Respiratory Lectures

Year 3[edit]

  • Ageing and Health Lectures
  • Dermatology Lectures
  • Life Cycle and Reproduction Lectures                   
  • Musculoskeletal Lectures
  • Ophthalmology Lectures
  • Renal and Urology Lectures
  • Dermatology – Medico-Legal Implications
  • Musculoskeletal – Concepts in Arthritis
  • Ophthalmology – The Red Eye
  • Renal and Urology – Urinary Incontinence
  • Reproduction Lectures

Clinical textbook maps[edit]

220 mind maps derived from clinical textbooks are provided for the following topics:

  • Clinical medicine
  • Ear, Nose and Throat and Head and Neck Surgery
  • Head and Neck Neoplasia
  • Cardiology
  • Respiratory System
  • Central Nervous System
  • Blood Disease
  • Kidney
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Metabolic Disorders
  • Endocrine
  • Connective tissues and joints
  • Infectious diseases
  • Tropical
  • Systemic disease and the mouth

Continuing Professional Development[edit]

Books of medical maps[edit]

Case management[edit]

Practise reference information[edit]

The Visual Medical Dictionary allows you to enter a disease, drug or therapy name and start exploring relationships. It yields a result in a form close to a mind map.

Organizing large medical reference sources[edit]

Navigating to appropriate sources[edit]

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