Thinking critically about critical thinking: Ability, disposition or both?

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 625-635

  Krupat, Edward ^a   Sprague, Jared M ^b   Wolpaw, Daniel ^c   Haidet, Paul ^d   Hatem, David ^e   O'Brien, Bridget ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; TEACHING; THINKING;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 79955974641     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03910.x     Document Type: Article

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