BACKGROUND In routine psychiatric treatment most clinicians inquire about indicators of suicide risk, but once the risk is assessed not many clinicians systematically focus on suicidal thoughts. This may reflect a commonly held opinion that once the depressive or anxious symptoms are effectively treated the suicidal symptoms will wane. Consequently, many clients with suicidal thoughts do not re...

We describe aspects of computational thinking as covered in the course Codes and Ciphers (CSC 233). 1 Cryptology and Computational Thinking Cryptology consists of cryptography and cryptanalysis, or, in other words, the making and the breaking of ciphers. History suggests that one cannot successfully do one without the other: too many ciphers were designed by enthusiasts without any knowledge of...

background: enhancing nursing students’ critical thinking is a challenge faced by nurse educators. this study aimed at determiningthe effect of clinical concept mapping on discipline-based critical thinking of nursing students. materials and methods: in this quasi-experimental post-test only design, a convenient sample of 4th year nursing students (n = 32)participated. they were randomly divide...

in new organizational world, managenemt is the most effective factor; and its proper form is in collaboration with leadership. one of the leadership's theories-which is the most effective-is charismatic leadership theory, though hasn't gain proper attention. generally, charismatic leadership means creating a relationship which involves affecting and being affected without involvement ...

This study aims to present a model of learning organization in Islamic Azad University. It is practical in terms of purpose and quantitative in terms of implementation. At the first step of the research, after analyzing the information, using inductive content analysis, 15 components were identified and were categorized into 5 dimensions of learning levels, systematic thinking, shared vis...

abstract introduction: critical thinking skills as thinking and judging self-regulation are purposeful and result in solving problems and making appropriate decisions. therefore, the importance of this subject and its role in the nursing profession and the clinical decision, this study was done to compare critical thinking skills of nursing students in continuous licentiate and bachelor- licent...

abstractthe present study aimed to explore the impact of teaching critical thinking skills through applying debate on the use of communicative strategies. at first 60 intermediate students were selected and placed in two homogenous groups of control and experimental through passing nelson test. then, a critical thinking appraisal was run to the two groups both before and after the treatment. th...

critical thinking is one of the major aims of education, and its prerequisite is to have thoughtful teachers with critical thinking viewpoints. there have been numerous models for critical thinking including two major psychological and socio-political ones. the present article has considered a comparative study of critical thinking from the viewpoints of robert ennis and henry giroux considerin...

introduction: critical thinking as a process of purposeful self-regulatory judgment leads to problem solving and correct decision making in individuals. in the modern world, health care faces rapid change and burgeoning amount of knowledge. possessing critical thinking is essential for individuals in health care centers, specially when they are forced to solve clinical problems. the aim of this...

At the same time, among teachers of higher education, there is an opinion that critical thinking students formed in educational process automatically, and it reaches highest level professional activity only as a result many years experience. But practice research do not confirm direct relationship between length service specialist formation thinking. Therefore, important task vocational educati...