Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Meishan Rd 81, Hefei, 230032, China.
Marxism School of Anhui Medical University, Meishan Rd 81, Hefei, 230032, China.
BMC Med Educ. 2023 Sep 8;23(1):652. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04646-x.
To investigate the critical thinking disposition of medical undergraduates.
This cross-sectional study was performed on 426 students from four majors, including preventive medicine, maternal and children's health care medicine, health inspection and quarantine, and food quality and safety. The survey was completed in May 2019 using the California Critical Thinking Dispositions Inventory-Chinese version (CTDI-CV).
A total of 435 questionnaires were distributed and 426 valid questionnaires were collected, with an effective rate of 97.93%. The CTDI-CV overall average score was 262.02 ± 34.74 points indicating an ambivalent disposition in medical undergraduate students. Only one of the subscales (maturity in judgment) had mean scores of 43.35 ± 8.23 indicating the positive disposition of students. Among them, males scored 257.42 ± 35.06 lower than females' 264.82 ± 34.32, the difference was statistically significant. The target scores of preventive medicine, maternal and children's health medicine, health inspection and quarantine, and food quality and safety were 265.17 ± 30.10, 260.26 ± 37.05, 271.73 ± 33.55, and 252.11 ± 39.87, respectively. The difference was statistically significant. Among the three dimensions of seeking truth, open mind, and cognitive maturity, the scores of males were 38.26 ± 7.48, 38.78 ± 6.46 and 41.03 ± 8.69, which were lower than females' 39.97 ± 7.11, 40.48 ± 6.48 and 44.91 ± 7.60, respectively. The scores of food quality and safety students were 37.23 ± 7.08, 36.61 ± 7.41 and 40.57 ± 8.60, respectively, which were lower than the preventive medicine (39.98 ± 7.07, 40.60 ± 5.96 and 44.44 ± 6.97, respectively).
Most medical students were found to have an ambivalent disposition which meant they were not disposed toward critical thinking. These findings suggested that more effective teaching methods should be taken to facilitate critical thinking disposition and problem-solving ability.
调查医学生的批判性思维倾向。
本横断面研究于 2019 年 5 月对预防医学、妇幼保健医学、卫生检验检疫和食品质量与安全 4 个专业的 426 名学生进行，采用加利福尼亚批判性思维倾向量表-中文版（CTDI-CV）进行调查。
共发放问卷 435 份，回收有效问卷 426 份，有效率为 97.93%。CTDI-CV 总分平均 262.02±34.74 分，医学生批判性思维倾向处于中等水平。仅评判成熟度维度平均分 43.35±8.23，提示学生具有正性批判性思维倾向。其中男生得分 257.42±35.06 分，低于女生 264.82±34.32 分，差异有统计学意义。预防医学、妇幼保健医学、卫生检验检疫和食品质量与安全专业目标分数分别为 265.17±30.10、260.26±37.05、271.73±33.55、252.11±39.87，差异有统计学意义。在求真、开放思维、认知成熟度 3 个维度中，男生得分分别为 38.26±7.48、38.78±6.46、41.03±8.69，低于女生得分 39.97±7.11、40.48±6.48、44.91±7.60，差异有统计学意义。食品质量与安全专业学生得分分别为 37.23±7.08、36.61±7.41、40.57±8.60，低于预防医学专业学生得分（39.98±7.07、40.60±5.96、44.44±6.97），差异有统计学意义。
大多数医学生批判性思维倾向处于中等水平，说明医学生批判性思维倾向不高。这提示应采取更有效的教学方法，促进批判性思维倾向和解决问题能力的发展。
