Critical thinking in medical education

Abstract

Technological advances in the modern world have led to a paradigm shift in medical education, identifying new challenges. The need to meet these challenges has required the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice, which allows the best quality evidence to be used to provide optimal patient care and improve healthcare efficiency. Obtaining evidence of the efficacy and safety of drugs and medical technologies, the diagnostic accuracy of interventions became possible due to the introduction of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. This methodology forms clinical thinking in parallel with the development of research and analytical competencies, which is one of the urgent tasks of modern medical education. The article reflects the experience of the Department of Internal Diseases of the Sechenov University in implementing a practice-oriented research module aimed at developing critical thinking using evidence-based medicine methods among students and residents. The inclusion of research competencies in the educational process will make it possible to qualitatively transform medical education and form a generation of competitive competent specialists in demand in the world of constantly developing technologies.

Keywords

• critical thinking
• evidence-based medicine
• medical education
• practice-oriented course
• research projects
• evidence-based clinical practice
• meta-analysis
• systematic review