Introduction: Team-based learning (TBL), is a form of cooperative learning which aims to create an active learning environment. It enhances the skills of individual accountability and teamwork, group interaction and motivation of those participating in group discussions. This study aimed to investigate the effect of team-based learning (TBL) on nursing students' critical thinking. Methods: T...

Introduction: Improving students' critical thinking skills is clearly important in the context of growing human knowledge. The main goal of this research was to measure the contribution of critical thinking attitudes and learning cognitive styles in predicting the students’ academic achievement variance in Isfahan medical university. Methods: In this descriptive correlation study, population c...

Introduction: Patient safety is one of the main components of health service quality, and patient safety culture is considered as one of the necessary factors in promotion of the patients’ safety. On the other hand, the application of critical thinking skills, by developing evidence-based practices, leads to positive outcomes in patients. This study aims to determine the relationship between c...

Introduction: Emotional disorders which are to a great extent the result of the deviation of emotions from their normal course can grow and develop under the influence of transdiagnostic factors such as perfectionism, insomnia, emotional disregulation, rumination, and repetitive negative thoughts. The present study aimed to evaluate the contribution of Repetitive negative thinking to predict a ...

Introduction: Entrepreneurial self-efficacy plays an important role in nurturing entrepreneurial generation and economic-cultural development of a country. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the role of cultural intelligence in entrepreneurial self-efficacy through mediating strategic thinking. Methods: The present study was a descriptive-correlation structural equation study. Th...

 Background and Aim: Strategic thinking plays a very important role in guarding organizational survival and increasing development in today's dynamic and changing environment. One of the elements of strategic thinking is systemic thinking, which forms the conceptual framework to solve issues in an organization. This study aims to determine the ability of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (T...

Introduction: Teachers' knowledge of self-directed learning and critical thinking are two predictors of learning in learners. This knowledge has impact on promotion of active learning process and academic achievement. This study evaluates the relation between tendency to critical thinking and self-direction in nursing and midwifery students and its role on their academic achievement. Methods: A...

Background and Objectives: Considering the importance of thinking styles in individuals' decision making, this study was conducted to investigate the correlation between thinking styles with clinical decision making among nurses working in educational hospitals affiliated to Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Materials and Methods: In this descriptive–correlational study, 196 nurses w...

Introduction: Using modern methods of teaching can increase critical thinking skills and confidence of students. This study aims to assess 'team effectiveness design' on critical thinking, confidence and learning of nursing students. Methods: In this study 52 students of the first two semesters of Nursing and Midwifery School of Khoramabad were studied over two semesters. Before and after imple...