Introduction: Development of critical thinking and clinical education has remained a serious and considerable challenge throughout the nursing educational system in Iran. Education experts believe that effective teaching methods such as concept mapping and nursing process are practical strategies for critical development. Thus, this study was carried out to compare the effectiveness of clinical...

   Authorities of nursing believe that the ability to think critically by nurses play an important role in providing individual care, solving problems and making complex decisions. Therefore, critical thinking ability is to be established during scientific experiences in nursing students and to be promoted in employed nurses.  Determining and comparing critical thinking abilitys in first and la...

Background and objective: Enhancing critical thinking is a challenge faced in Medical profession. Evaluation of data and choosing proper intervention to reach a correct decision needs skillful thinking. . Midwife as a clinical decision maker uses critical thinking in providing proficient care. Present studies is aimed at determining the education effect based on concept mapping on critical thin...

Critical thinking means the ability to evaluate or judge about something. Job satisfaction is positive and pleasure emotion that is result of job evaluation or person experienced. The aim of this study is to examine the relation between critical thinking dispositions and job satisfaction. Methods: in this descriptive and cross-sectional study a sample of 271 were selected from Health Team (ph...

Introduction: One of the important requirements of nursing profession is to have critical thinking skills for the success in clinical settings. Emotional intelligence is an important factor for improving critical thinking. This study examined the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking among nursing students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Meth...

Background and Aim: In medical sciences, students need problem-solving and decision-making abilities to cure diseases. The present study aims to survey the critical thinking disposition between freshman and senior students in School of Allied Medical Sciences in 2012- 2013 academic year. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 250 students were selected randomly and t...

Introduction: Web is a source of information for students. Online information seeking behavior is related to several factors. One of these factors is the skill of critical thinking and information analysis on the web. The present study was conducted for explanting online information behavior and relation with critical thinking in postgraduate student. Methods: The present research is descripti...