The Correlation between Critical Thinking Disposition and Academic Achievement of Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Vida  Sepahi; Mohammad Rasool Khazaei; Ahmad  Khoshay; Shirin  Iranfar; Mehnoush  Timare

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The Correlation between Critical Thinking Disposition and Academic Achievement of Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

Authors:

Vida Sepahi ¹,

Mohammad Rasool Khazaei^2,*,

Ahmad Khoshay ³,

Shirin Iranfar ⁴,

Mehnoush Timare ³

1Ph.D Student of Higher Education Management, Allameh Tabatabaei University, College of Graduate Studies Authority, Tehran, Iran

2Fertility and Infertility Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

3Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

4Education Development Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

Educational Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 3, issue 1; e81198

Published online:Dec 02, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:Jan 21, 2014

Accepted:May 28, 2014

How to Cite:Vida Sepahi Mohammad Rasool KhazaeiAhmad Khoshay Shirin Iranfar Mehnoush Timare The Correlation between Critical Thinking Disposition and Academic Achievement of Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences.3(1):e81198.

Abstract

Introduction: Critical thinking skill is an essential factor for success in today’s rapidly developing world. The present study was carried out to compare the association between critical thinking disposition and academic achievement in preclinical and clinical medical students.

Methods: This study was descriptive-correlational in which the sample included 259 medical students at Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences selected through stratified random sampling. The standard critical thinking disposition inventory (with validity of 0.8 and the students’ report card grades as criterion for academic achievement) was used to collect the data. Data were analyzed by SPSS 16 software using descriptive statistics, t-test, and Kolmogrov-Smirnov and correlation coefficient tests.

Results: The mean of critical thinking disposition in the preclinical stage was 209.08±26.24 indicating a significant correlation with academic achievement (p=0.003, r=-2.64). In the clinical stage, however, the mean of critical thinking disposition was 214.07±28.15 which showed no significant correlation with academic achievement. Moreover, the mean of critical thinking disposition and its components in preclinical and clinical stages revealed not significant correlation and merely curiosity component showed a significant correlation (p=0.04).

Conclusion: The results of the present study showed no correlation between critical thinking disposition and academic achievement in the clinical stage; however, this correlation was negatively significant in the preclinical stage.

Keywords

Critical thinking

Medical students

Academic achievement

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