Yusuf C Doganer, James E Rohrer, Umit Aydogan, McKennan J Thurston, Kenan Saglam
Tonsillectomy, adenoidectomy and adenotonsillectomy rates in school-aged children: Relative contributions of socio-demographic and clinical features
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
todays complexities diversity clinical setting revealed need pay attention strengthening critical thinking ct skills present study aimed evaluate compare ct skills residents tehran university medical sciences crosssectional study studys statistical population included 284 residents orthopedic internal medicine surgery groups studying pgy1 pgy4 years residency data collection tool california critical thinking skills test cctst form b collected data entered spss16 software analyzed using descriptive mean standard deviation inferential oneway anova statistics significant level tests considered p 005 189 284 residents completed returned questionnaire response rate 66 mean ct skill score residents 1381 sd 352 lower optimal level 171 sd 50 comparing mean ct skill scores residents separately residency year revealed significant decrease ct scores 4 years significant difference found ct skill scores three groups internal medicine general surgery orthopedic surgery ct skills residents tehran university medical sciences generally optimal level ct score residents show increase pgy2 decrease pgy3 pgy4 due emphasis accreditation institutions world federation medical education international educational institutions importance critical thinking recommended pay attention factors related promotion development ct skills residency programs