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...

Background and Objective: The need for critical thinking in nursing has been accentuated in response to a rapidly changing health–care environment. Nurses must think critically to provide effective care while coping with the expansion in their role associated with the complexities of current health care systems. The aim of the study was to compare the critical thinking skills and critical think...

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 ...

Background and Objective: The studies showed that cognitive distortions have negative effect on self compassion. The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between self-compassion and deterministic thinking. Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was performed on 207 graduate students of Isfahan University. In this study, the self-compassion scale and the determi...

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...

This studychr('39')s primary purpose is the influence of Gilles Deleuzechr('39')s poststructuralist thinking on improving the quality of educational space. Therefore, this study seeks to answer two main questions; first, the difference between rhizomatic education and the tree model of education. Second, how can rhizomatic thinking be effective in improving the educational environmentchr('39')s...

Introduction: With regards to the importance and role of critical thinking in nursing , especially in clinical setting, achieving this goal(improving critical thinking) is very important. So nursing teachers encounter with the challenge of how asisting their students for promoting the critical thinking skills especially in clinical setting. The aim of this study is investigating the ways of im...

Introduction: Adjustment together with its different aspects is considered a basic and extensive issue in psychology. Therefore, identifying the related factors, while developing knowledge of the field, can help reduce individual and inter- individual problems. Hence, the aim of the present research is to investigate relationship between thinking styles and academic adjustment. Methods: This d...

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...