نوع مقاله : مقاله مروری
نویسندگان
1 دفتر تحقیقات و فناوری دانشجویی. دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد کاردرمانی، ، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
2 دکترای کاردرمانی، استادیار گروه کاردرمانی، دانشکده علوم توانبخشی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران
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Background and Aim: Critical thinking is a basic cognitive process which improves students’ problem solving ability and is one of the main outputs of academic centers. It has an important role in medical sciences as the students studying these branches of science are getting ready to attend clinical work. Critical thinking helps to convey psychomotor skills from class to clinic. In the present study, we aimed at reviewing medical sciences students’ critical thinking skills and the effect of the universities' curriculums on them.
Materials and Methods: Databases of PubMed, ScienceDirect, Magiran, SID, Iranmedex, and Iranian medical education magazines were searched from 2000 to 2014. The terms Critical Thinking, Students, curriculum, Medical Sciences, and the combinations were used to search these databases.
Results: From among almost 35 relevant studies, 16 studies were selected. Based on their topics, the studies (except for the systematic review and Delphi study, which are discussed separately) were divided into three groups: 1) The studies that examined disposition to critical thinking, 2) The studies that examined critical thinking skills, and 3) The studies which examined both disposition and skills.
Conclusion: Facilitating students’ critical thinking must be a priority in education and new teaching methods should be used by instructors in the class. Also, we need more extensive studies to explore the barriers of improving critical thinking in students of medical sciences.
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