Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning in the Health Sciences: An International Multidisciplinary Teaching Anthology

Abstract

An International Multidisciplinary Teaching Anthology, 39 educators share classroom strategies and activities designed to enhance students' critical thinking skills. [...] the instruments themselves are rarely mentioned. A few examples include: Nurturing Students'Meta-Cognition and Self Reflection Through On-line Journaling (Giancarlo- Gittens), Developing On-line Cases for Teaching Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning Skills (Kim et. al.), Using Short Cases to Teach Thinking (Oermann), The Poster: A Critical Thinking and Creative Strategy in a Research Course (Profetto-McGrath), and Thinking Critically About the Care of Patients with Neurological Disorders (Shin).