since critical thinking is one of the main goals of university education system and quality is one of the main attributes of educational systems, identifying quality factors effecting critical thinking of students is necessary. so the purpose of present study is to investigate the role of teaching quality and its 4 components-including lesson plans, teaching performance, teaching and assessing ...

  Background & Aim: Critical thinking is a necessary and important component of nursing profession. Since nurses are not limited to work under predetermined roles and need to meet various needs of patients, they should have critical thinking skills. This study aimed to determine the role of emotional intelligence and its components in critical thinking disposition .   Methods & Materials: In...

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...

Introduction: Nowadays, experts introduce critical thinking as the main outcome of higher education and consider teaching "how to think" as the basis for learning. This study compares the critical thinking skills and critical thinking dispositions in freshmen and senior students of health care management. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 60 freshmen ...

Emotional intelligence and critical thinking are important factors affecting professional performance and mental health of health care professionals. In this research, the relationship between emotional intelligence and critical thinking is investigated. This is a descriptive-correlational study. The statistical population of this study was all nurses working in hospitals affiliated to one of m...

since critical thinking is one of the main goals of university education system and quality is one of the main attributes of educational systems, identifying quality factors effecting critical thinking of students is necessary. so the purpose of present study is to investigate the role of teaching quality and its 4 components-including lesson plans, teaching performance, teaching and assessing ...

Introduction: Are the education students receive prior to entering the university, based on critical thinking skills? Are their scientific abilities associated with this thinking style? This study was designed with the aim of evaluating critical thinking skills and its relationship with the achieved rank in university entrance exam in the students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Met...

Introduction: Today, the development of critical thinking skills and disposition in universities are one of the most important goals of higher education. The aim of this study was to determine the critical thinking disposition among postgraduate students of Medical faculty in Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences in Iran, 2017.  Method: In a descriptive cross-sectional study, critica...