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:: Volume 21, Issue 2 (summer 2011) ::
MEDICAL SCIENCES 2011, 21(2): 134-140 Back to browse issues page
Comparing critical thinking skills of first- and last-term baccalaureate students of nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy of medical Universities of Tehran city
Kajal Khodamoradi 1, Mansoureh Seyed Zakerin2 , Maziyeh Shahabi2 , Farideh Yaghmaie2 , Hamid Alavi Majd2
1- Tehran Medical Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran , nutritiondata@yahoo.com
2- Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:   (23982 Views)

  Background: Mastery in critical thinking skills is the ultimate goal of learning in medical education. This study was conducted to determine and compare critical thinking skills of first- and last-term baccalaureate students of nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy among medical Universities of Tehran city in 2006.

  Materials and Methods: This descriptive- comparative study was performed on 426 freshman and senior students of three medical Universities of Tehran city, including Shaheed Beheshti, Tehran and Iran. The students were completed a demographic form and California Critical Thinking Skills Test (Form B) .

  Results : There was a significant difference between total critical thinking scores of the first- and last-term students of nursing and midwifery in Shaheed Beheshti and Iran Universities ((p<0.04 and P<0/03, respectively), while there was no significant difference in other groups. In addition, no significant difference was found in total critical thinking scores of students at different disciplines and Universities.

Conclusion: This study showed no significant increase in critical thinking skills of senior students. This may be due to lack of pay attention to education of critical thinking skills in Universities.
Keywords: Critical thinking skills, Students, Personal characteristics
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Semi-pilot: Survey/Cross Sectional/Descriptive | Subject: Psychiatric Nursing
Received: 2011/09/12 | Published: 2011/09/15
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Khodamoradi K, Seyed Zakerin M, Shahabi M, Yaghmaie F, Alavi Majd H. Comparing critical thinking skills of first- and last-term baccalaureate students of nursing, midwifery and occupational therapy of medical Universities of Tehran city. MEDICAL SCIENCES 2011; 21 (2) :134-140
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Volume 21, Issue 2 (summer 2011) Back to browse issues page
فصلنامه علوم پزشکی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد پزشکی تهران Medical Science Journal of Islamic Azad Univesity - Tehran Medical Branch
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