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Research: Health Sciences and Critical Thinking

A selection of published studies using one or more of the California Family of Critical Thinking Skills or Dispositions measures to research critical thinking in the Health Sciences.

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Health Sciences Research Utilization & CT

CT Disposition in Health Sciences Students

Learning Styles and Bilingualism

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Critical Thinking Overview

Critical Thinking in Health Care and the Health Sciences

Lives depend on competent clinical reasoning. Knowing that this is the agreement owed to the public trust, agencies responsible for the accreditation of professional training program...

California Critical Thinking Skills Test Family

The California Critical Thinking Skills Test Family is a set of critical thinking skills tests based on the Delphi Expert Consensus Definition of Critical Thinking. Research ha...

The International Measurement of Critical Thinking

Insight Assessment is committed to the global advancement of critical thinking. Our pioneering work in the field of critical thinking skills and dispositions forms the intellectual a...

"Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts"

This popular and often quoted essay about the meaning and importance of critical thinking was written by Dr. Peter Facione for students and the general public. It invites readers to...

Measure What Matters: Critical Thinking

Successful performance in business, health care, government service, and education requires fair-minded decision making, anticipation of consequences, and the evaluation of options a...

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Assessing Health Risk Behaviors.

A health science researcher uses the disposition test CCTDI and critical thinking skills test CCTST to learn the degree to which health risk behaviors can be attributed to poor criti...

Schools of Allied Health

Training for critical thinking and professional judgment is an explicit objective in allied health programs including Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiation Therapy and ma...

American Dental Association Survey Highlights Critical Thinking

In a recent survey of advanced dental education program directors conducted by the American Dental Association (Dr. Eugene Anderson, Center for Educational Policy and Research), crit...

Pharmacy Schools Assess CT

Pharmacy schools around the country are administering Insight Assessment critical thinking test instruments (the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, the California Critical Thinking Skil...

Schools of Dentistry Require CT Measurements

Dental schools around the country are administering Insight Assessment critical thinking test instruments (the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, the California Critical Thinking Skills...

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you have a critical thinking test for nursing and health sciences?

Yes, the Health Sciences Reasoning Test ( HSRT ).

Many studies cite the CCTST. Is there research on the correlation of the HSRT with student success and professional job performance?

The Health Sciences Reasoning Test is about 15 years younger than the generic form of the CCTST, and this accounts for the lag in the published literature. Independent research studi...