Examining the Predictive Validity of the Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) in a Nontraditional Graduate OT Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4_Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 7411500048p1
Author(s):  
Catherine Cavaliere ◽  
Pamela Story ◽  
Joanna Such ◽  
Aileen Burke ◽  
Kathryn Kendrick
Keyword(s):  
Predictive Validity ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Health Sciences Reasoning Test

Critical Thinking in Dental Students and Experienced Practitioners Assessed by the Health Sciences Reasoning Test

2018 ◽  
Vol 82 (9) ◽  
pp. 916-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Hanlon ◽  
Thomas J. Prihoda ◽  
Ronald G. Verrett ◽  
John D. Jones ◽  
Stephan J. Haney ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Health Sciences Reasoning Test

scholarly journals Critical Thinking in Health Sciences and How It Pertains to Sonography Education: A Review of the Literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 244-250
Author(s):  
Brandy Weidman ◽  
Helen Salisbury
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Critical Thinking Skills ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Reasoning Test ◽  
Health Sciences Students ◽  
Different Levels

Objective: Critical thinking is an important skill that sonographers must develop beginning in educational programs and into professional practice. Critical thinking requires students to reflect on information, use judgment skills, and engage in higher levels of thinking, including analysis, interpretation, inference, evaluation, and explanation, to formulate reliable decisions. Methods: Current research related to critical thinking has focused on medicine, nursing, physical therapy, pharmacy, and dental programs, but there has been no description of assessing sonography students. The Dreyfus model has been used as a framework to describe acquired skills that reflects students’ progress from novice to expert clinicians. This model illustrates specific cognitive abilities that students develop as they advance in education. Results: This review of the literature describes critical thinking skills coupled with a framework to understand different levels of cognitive thinking, as well as how it can be assessed. Conclusion: To understand differences between undergraduate sonography students and experts, the Dreyfus model is an excellent model to recognize progression. It can be used with the Health Sciences Reasoning Test, which is a nationally recognized critical thinking examination that can ascertain different levels of health sciences students’ critical thinking skills.

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