Exploring the Map of Medicine's potential in undergraduate medical education

Figures & data

Figure 1. Map of Medicine (MoM) - Diabetes. International view. London: MoM; 2011 (Issue 1).

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Practice points

Map of Medicine is a knowledge resource licensed by the NHS for all staff. Recent publications suggest a possible role for the Map of Medicine as a training tool. Undergraduate medical students liked the Map of Medicine's navigability and help in accessing reliable information. A short-active period of resource promotion led to its embedding within routine learning practice. Map of Medicine is now freely available for all Medical Schools in the UK.

Figure 2. Adapted Kirkpatrick Model (Harden et al. 1999).

Figure 3. No. of Map of Medicine Sessions by PMS Staff & Years 1–5 Students.

Figure 4. Top 10 Pathways at Peninsula Level – Cumulative Usage from January 2010 to March 2010*. *While these data are for the Peninsula level, PMS staff and Years 1–5 students accounted for an average of 96% of usage over this time period.

Table 1.  Topics covered in Years 1 and 2 PBL case units at the Peninsula Medical School – January–March 2010

	January 2010	February 2010	March 2010
Year 1	Depression Alcohol abuse Breast lump	Asthma Respiratory disease Smoking High blood pressure Palpations Hypertension	Colorectal cancer
Year 2	Obesity Dysphoria/depression Low-back pain Atherogenesis Ischaemia Osteoarthritis Pulmonary embolism DVT	Heart failure Coronary disease Cervical cancer	Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma End of life care

Figure 5. (a)–(c) Peninsula level user activity in January, February and March 2010^a. ^aWhile these data are for the Peninsula level, PMS staff and Years 1–5 students accounted for an average of 96% of usage over this period.

Table 2.  Findings of thematic analysis of staff and student feedback

Emerging themes	Students	Staff
1. Accessing reliable information	“I love it, so easy to access valuable information like national guidelines” (Year 3 Medical Student) “Good that the evidence is reviewed” (Year 1 Medical Student)	“Gives a good starting point” (Lecturer in Evidence-Based Practice) “First port of call” (Years 1 and 2 Tutor) “Very useful resource. Provides weight behind evidence” (Year 1 and Year 2 Tutor) “It has reliable sources instead of trawling through lots of useless stuff” (Year 1 Tutor)
2. Pathway format/ ease of use	“Easy lay-out” (Year 1 Medical Student) “Helped organise my thoughts and made me think of the bigger picture” (Year 1 Medical Student) “Understandable” (Year 1 Medical Student) “An invaluable resource I hope to incorporate into my studies “Good for disease framework” (Year 1 Medical Student) “Gave me an understanding of the process of treating a patient” (Year 1 Medical Student)	“Useful resource intuitive map layout” (Clinical Skills Tutor) “Excellent for conceptualising what students need to know” (Lecturer in Evidence-Based Practice) “Useful resource intuitive map layout” (Clinical Skills Tutor) “Helpful to students. As a map is easily orientated and can find your way round easier. You can go to papers from it” (Clinical Education Researcher) “Hard to lift out required information and hard to print” (Clinical Lecturer) “Not much in terms of pathways in undergraduate curriculum so grateful to have anything to do with NHS” (Year 1 Tutor)
3. Uniqueness		“So many other resources out there. What's so different about this one?” (Medial Humanities Lecturer) “Why ‘Map of Medicine’?. Lots of other resources” (Year 5 Tutor)
4. Access		“If it's more than 3 clicks away I am not going there” (Clinical lecturer)“Why do we have to log on – I can never remember my password” (GP)