Fig 1.
Screenshot of a virtual patient scenario (left side) and the concept mapping tool (right side).
Table 1.
Descriptive statistics and descriptions for variables used in the study.
Fig 2.
Overview of the study design.
Fig 3.
Average number of elements—added nodes in each category and number of added connections—for the three groups and the expert maps.
*significant difference between group C (correct diagnosis was made on first attempt) and S (correct diagnosis provided by the system) (p<0.05), ** significant difference between group S and groups C and W (correct final diagnosis was submitted after first attempt).
Table 2.
Average scores, confidence with final diagnosis, time on task, and feedback requests by groups of concept maps—Group C (correct diagnosis was made on first attempt), group W (correct final diagnosis was submitted after first attempt) and group S (correct diagnosis provided by the system).
Fig 4.
Correlations between variables in the three groups Group C (correct diagnosis was made on first attempt), group W (correct final diagnosis was submitted after first attempt) and group S (correct final diagnosis provided by the system).