ArticleLa Tunisie medicale2023
Is critical thinking potential correlated to critical appraisal skills of medical literature?
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Abstract
introductionCritical appraisal of medical literature is a mandatory skill to practice evidence-based medicine. The relation between the critical appraisal skills and the critical thinking potential has been rarely assessed in the literature.
aimTo assess the relation of critical thinking potential to critical appraisal of medical literature competencies. Besides, they tried to highlight the variation of the critical thinking potential according to the students' level.
methodsThe authors conducted a mixed study associating a quantitative and a qualitative approach. The study included second year (SYME), third year (TYME) and postgraduate medical students (CME) and family doctors (FD) from the same faculty of medicine. All the students received the same active training focused on critical appraisal of medical literature. They were asked to fulfil a pre-requisite test and a self-assessment questionnaire before the training session and a final test after the training. The self-assessment questionnaire was conceived by an expert committee and assessed the main characteristics of critical thinking consisting of sensitivity to context, self-correction and search for criteria. Three months after the training, the students were interviewed using a semi-structured interview. The SPSS software 16.0 was used.
resultsIn our study, 58.9% of the students presented a high critical thinking potential profile. Their scores varied according to their levels with better scores in SYME and FD and intermediate scores in TYME and CME. The pre-requisite test scores varied according to the critical thinking profile and the level. On the other hand, final test scores didn't differ according to the critical thinking profile or the level.
conclusionOur results put emphasis on the variation of the critical thinking potential according to the students' levels. The better results of the SYME students in comparison to those in the TYME put emphasis on the necessity of changing curriculum in order to enhance the sensitivity and the inclination of the students.
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