Poorly reasoned decisions can have major consequences in people's lives.  Published research on the importance of critical thinking in the health sciences places critical thinking at the very heart of diagnostic reasoning and the development of new clinical knowledge. The HSRT is being used worldwide at high ranking health science education programs and at top rated medical centers to measure critical thinking skills and habits of mind in students and practicing professionals. The Health Sciences Reasoning Test is specifically designed to assess the critical thinking skills of health science students and professionals.

HSRT test items are set in clinical and professional practice contexts and supply the necessary content for applying one's thinking skills without presupposing specialized knowledge. Each test question is based on 30 years of Insight Assessment's research on critical thinking measurement; questions are multidimensional and interrelated so that individual and group test results provide meaningful insights into specific critical thinking skills. The HSRT is designed as a 33-item multiple choice format test and can be administered in a 50 minute setting.

HSRT questions present necessary informational content in text-based and diagrammatic formats. Questions invite test takers to draw inferences, to make interpretations, to analyze information, to draw warranted inferences, to identify claims and reasons, and to evaluate the quality of arguments. The HSRT Total score targets the strength or weakness of one's skill in making reflective, reasoned judgments about what to believe or what to do. The HSRT Specimen Kit provides a preview of the HSRT. The HSRT Scales: Analysis, Inference, Evaluation, Induction, Deduction, Total Score.

In health care settings and in professional programs use the Health Sciences Reasoning Test to assess an individual's reasoning skills, to secure a thinking skills score as an element in a comprehensive employment or admissions application process. In educational and staff development settings use the HSRT for learning outcomes assessment, to gather program evaluation, accreditation and research data. The HSRT is used by employers and educational institutions around the world. Norms are available for practicing professionals, graduate students, 4-year undergraduate and community college students.