title: Critical thinking.
abstract: Critical thinking is a process applied to midwifery theory, research and experience. It is a positive activity, responsive to context, drawing on negative and positive triggers and emotions to suggest ways of acting in future. Practice-based and reflective midwifery assignments should reflect the midwifery goals of critical thinking. This may require adjustments in assessment criteria and a questioning of standard academic conventions.
authors.affiliation: Continuing Education, Army Medical Services.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price
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authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D011340:Problem Solving; D013850:Thinking