فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

BACKGROUND: One of the main tasks of educational institutions, in addition to developing students’professional competencies, is to develop decision‑making and problem‑solving skills, which arethemselves influenced by critical thinking that should be developed by instructors at the university.The aim of this study was to compare the level of critical thinking skills in students and faculties ofAhwaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences.MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross‑sectional descriptive study, the sample consisted of81 medical students and 52 faculty members of the medical school who were teaching and studyingin 2021. The research method was descriptiveanalytical and the data collection tool was the CaliforniaCritical Thinking Questionnaire Form B. SPSS‑18 software and t‑test were used to analyze the data.RESULTS: The mean score of students’ critical thinking skills was 12.49 ± 4.43 and that of facultieswas 12.44 ± 3.76 and no significant difference was observed between the scores of the twogroups (P = 0.94).CONCLUSION: The findings of the study show that the level of critical thinking skills in both facultiesand students is below the standard and poor. The results of the study indicate the weakness of criticalthinking in students and faculties in all dimensions, which indicates the need to teach critical thinkingskills at the university level. Therefore, educational planners and faculty officials should pay moreattention to developing critical thinking skills in their educational programs.