Background and purpose: The need to address critical thinking in medical education has been emphasized in response to rapid changes of health care environment. One of the main tasks of a medical institution in addition to develop students’ professional competencies is developing decision-making skills, self-efficiency and decoding problem which affect their ability to practice critical thinking...

Abstract Background & Aim: Promoting students’ critical thinking (CT) skills has been an essential goal of higher education, especially in nursing education. Unstable clinical situation requires nurses with proper ability of decision making which needs critical thinking. Accordingly this study was conducted to evaluate the critical thinking skills of nursing students of Isfahan Univers...

Introduction:Mastery of critical thinking skills is one of the aims of higher education. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between the richness of the cognitive structure and critical thinking. Methods: This study was a descriptive study that was carried out  among the students of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was 5700 students and 382 ...

Introduction: Critical thinking is a pivotal and required qualification for all students that can mostly be improved through curriculums. The present study was designed with the purpose of evaluation of students' critical thinking skills in Isfahan University and Isfahan University of Medical Sciences for two sequence semesters in 2010. Methods: In this descriptive-longitudinal study, the crit...

Introduction: Critical thinking and clinical decision making skills lead to care improvement and the application of nursing process. Previous studies have indicated that critical thinking and clinical decision making skills among nurses and students are low and studies comparing nurses and students in this regard have yielded inconsistent results. Thus this survey aimed to compare critical thin...

Introduction: Midwifery practice is involved with clinical judgments which have direct effect on mother;aposs and embryo;aposs health. A midwife should be able to make vital decisions based on her knowledge and skills in emergency situations. A midwife can reach correct decisions by using critical thinking. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional, descriptive-comparative study we compare...

Introduction: Critical thinking skills is essential and the ultimate goal for medical education. This study aimed to compare the critical thinking skills among medical and paramedical students in the Fasa University of Medical Science. Method: A cross- sectional analytical study was conducted on 231 medical and paramedical students in 2015. The subjects were selected using a randomized stratif...