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Are there norms for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test HSRT?

Yes, there are several different norms groups for the Health Sciences Reasoning Test corresponding to the different levels of student or practitioner. These include Masters level, undergraduate and two year college norms. Specialty norms for the various practice areas in the health sciences are also available.

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Uses

Health Center Studies Multiple Satellites & Specialties

A major Texas Health Science Center recently received a collection of CapLoad reports and data files that represent HSRT scores for their various satellite health science center...

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...

Certifying Health Science Training Programs

U.S. military medical training programs use the health sciences test HSRT to evaluate the effectiveness of training programs and certification programs for enlisted and officer...

HSRT Shows Effect of Simulation on Nursing CT Scores

Patient simulators have been used as tools for training critical thinking and sound clinical judgment in nurse anesthesology students. The effectiveness of the simulator was document...

Assessing Skills of Nurse Candidates

A major medical center uses the health science test HSRT to assess the health reasoning skills of new nurses before they can complete their probationary phase.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do the HSRT and CCTST differ?

The HSRT is actually a form of the college level CCTST designed especially for testing health sciences professionals and students in health science programs. The main difference betw...

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

Yes, the Health Sciences Reasoning Test ( HSRT ).

How do the different forms of the CCTST differ?

The context of items differ. The generic CCTST has item scenarios set in everyday situations; the HSRT, for example ,employs item stems which are designed using the context...

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...

Why are norm-referenced scores important?

Insight Assessment’s comprehensive norms give our clients a powerful tool to evaluate the relative strength of the performance of their test-takers and to guide the creation of...