Critical Thinking Skills of students in Bushehr University of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Introduction: Today, the development of critical thinking is considered an expected outcome of graduate studies .This study was designed to determine the critical thinking skills of students of Bushehr University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In a descriptive comparative study, 159 medical, nursing and midwifery students were investigated in 2009. The California Critical Thinking Test ,Form B(CCTST,FB)composed of 34 multiple choice questions was used to assess the critical thinking skills .The data was analyzed by spss software using t-test, ANOVA, spearman ,and Pearson correlation coefficient. Result: The mean and standard deviation of critical thinking scores for medical , nursing and midwifery students were 11.37±2.78,respectively which weren’t significantly different .there were not a significant different between critical thinking skills scores of first and last year’s students .A significant correlation was seen between sex and clinical experience of students and the score of the test. Conclusion: the mean scores of critical thinking skills in this research was similar of scores of other survey in our country but was lower than other country .this means ,that the educational program can not promote critical thinking skills in university and revised the curriculum seems necessary.