The effect of education through conceptual mapping on critical thinking of nursing students.

Objective: To determine the effect of conceptual mapping on nursing students' critical thinking.

Methods: The quasi-experimental case-control study was conducted from April 2015 to October 2016 at the University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran, and comprised students of Fatemeh-Zahra School of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz. The students were randomly assigned to intervention and control groups.