This document is an introduction to the applications of mind mapping in medicine, aimed at health professionals seeking to understand its principles and techniques. It covers advantages over linear text, methods of creation, and various applications in the medical field, including automation and data visualization. The book is suitable for anyone in health-related roles, emphasizing the integration of visual mapping into medical practice.

1. Introduction to the Applications of Mind Mapping in Medicine
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2. Do you want…
• to understand Mind Mapping?
• a concise introduction to the possible applications of Mind Mapping in the field of Health
Sciences?
• to understand the possibilities of Mind Mapping automation?
• more information on the scientific evidence supporting Mind Mapping?
• to have a clear-cut opinion about the quality of a Mind Mapping article or book you are
reading?
If your answer to any of the above questions is yes, then this book is for you. It is a
simple introduction to the field of Mind Mapping, and it also provides an overview of
advanced techniques that are just beginning to be explored.
It does not presuppose any previous knowledge of mind mapping and can be used by
nurses, administrative and IT personnel, doctors, researchers and administrators of
hospitals and clinics. In a nutshell, it’s for anyone in health-related fields.

3. “Bringing visual mapping to the
sciences is long overdue. Guerrero
does a marvelous job integrating
mapping techniques into the medical
field. This book will be helpful for any
role one plays in medicine — from
pre-med student to doctor.”
Jamie Nast
Author of “Idea Mapping”

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Contents

5. Contents (I)1. Introduction
2. Definitions
3. Advantages of mind maps over linear text and simple text outlining
4. Why does mind mapping work?
4.1 Some generic reasons
4.2 Creativity
4.3 Teaching and learning
4.4 Productivity
4.5 Myths about the brain and that are sometimes used in relation to mind mapping
5. Creation of mind maps
5.1 Manual paper and pen-based mind mapping
5.2 Manual, graphics tablet mind mapping
5.3 Manual, desktop mind mapping software
5.4 Manual, web mind mapping software
5.5 Terminology in mind mapping software
5.6 Mind mapping software automation
6. Uses of manual mind mapping techniques
6.1 Teaching
6.2 Learning
6.3 Note-taking
6.4 Publishing
6.5 Information overload
6.6 Analysis of complex information
6.7 Summarization of documents
6.8 Creation of presentations
6.9 Planning
6.10 Creativity
6.11 Brainstorming
6.12 Online collaboration

6. Contents (II)
7. Applications of mind mapping automation in medicine
7.1 Personal Health Record (PHR)
7.2 MeSH
7.3 International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10)
7.4 Management Reporting – Admissions Department
7.5 Management Reporting – Outpatients Visits Department
7.6 Open Data in medicine. Clinical Trials.
7.7 Visualization of Social Networks information
7.8 Application of mind mapping in GIS
7.9 eCTD. Regulatory Pharmaceutics
7.10 From outline text to mind maps – IM-T2MM
7.11 From speech recognition to mind maps
7.12 From BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) to mind maps
7.13 Big Data visualization
7.14 Pre-operative instructions
7.15 Discharge instructions for patients
7.16 Data base documentation
7.17 Integration of Google Search results
7.18 Medicine labels as mind maps
7.19 Drug interactions
8. History of mind mapping tecniques
8.1 Prophyry of Tyre
8.2 The Great Stemma
8.3 Boethius
8.4 Cassiodorus. Institutiones.
8.5 Codex Amiatinus
8.6 Beatus of Liebana
8.7 Ramon Llull
8.8 Wheels of urine
8.10 Luca Pacioli
8.11 Novak. Concept maps.
8.12 Simmons, Ross and Quinlan. Semantic networks.
8.13 Tony Buzan
8.14 Jamie Nast. Idea Mapping.
9. Mind mapping software
10. Medical mind mapping web sites

7. Sample Pages
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11. Contact information
José M. Guerrero
jm@infoseg.com
http://www.slideshare.net/jmgf2009/presentations