Introduction: In the education of medical sciences- e g, nursing, the main goal is to train students who can make the best decisions with high thinking skills (critical thinking), integrating information, and using sound clinical reasoning while relying on evidence. Objectives: The current study aimed at investigating the effect of teaching clinical reasoning on the critical thinking skill of u...

Background & Aims: Today, attention to the clinical competence of nurses is increasingly important as clinical competence seems to be influenced by several factors, such as the ability of critical thinking. The present study aimed to evaluate the association of competence and critical thinking in the nurses in Imam Khomeini Hospital, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran. M...

Introduction. Critical thinking skills are necessary/or different disciplines of medical sciences. These skills must be considered in clinical education curriculum. Therefore, this study was planned with the purpose to measure and compare critical thinking in reshman and senior B.S. students in Isfahan Medical University in 2002. Methods: This research was a descriptive cross- sectional study....

Background and Purpose: Fostering critical thinking is one of the most important goals of higher education in any country. Considering the controversial issues regarding the role of religious beliefs in human life and reports on the impact of critical thinking on religious beliefs, the present study aimed to investigate the Relationship between critical thinking and religious beliefs in medical...

Introduction: In the framework of structural equations, the relationships between these variables had an acceptable fit and all the research hypotheses were approved. In other words, the correlation between IQ with meaningful thinking, IQ correlation with academic performance, and correlation between critical thinking and academic performance were positive and significant. Methods: The present ...

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: Development of students' critical thinking abilities is one of the greatest challenges for nursing educators. Identifying its barriers and resolving them can help to improve critical thinking. The aim of this research was to assess and compare Critical Thinking Disposition (CTD) and its relationship with State Anxiety (SA) in baccalaureate nursing students of Islamic Azad Universi...

According to Richard Paul, critical thinking (C.T.) is a unique kind of purposeful thinking, in which the thinker systematically, and habitually imposes criteria and intellectual standards upon the thinking, taking change of the construction of thinking, guiding the construction of the thinking according to the standards, and assessing the effectiveness of thinking according to the purpose, the...