Wednesday, December 9, 2015

9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

The Shine Dome

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Tina Hinton, Philip MacKinnon

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Critical thinking requires a set of tools to evaluate types of arguments and the strength of arguments. These skills are essential for students of biomedical sciences in order to be able to evaluate the reasoning, evidence and justifications used to support conclusions. Critical thinking skills are commonly learnt in a tacit way in biomedical science education, through engagement with learning activities and the discourse of a discipline. However, we believe they are best learnt explicitly, and contextualised to the curriculum. Using examples of learning activities in which critical thinking skills are taught explicitly, we will discuss ways in which critical thinking skills can be embedded and evaluated in biomedical science curriculum.

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