title: A computer simulation for teaching critical thinking skills.
abstract: Critical thinking is difficult to teach because it is an abstract conceptual skill and there is no standard model. The authors discuss the development and use of a computer simulation that stimulates critical thinking in nursing students. Computer simulations are an efficient method of teaching students content and critical thinking skills without exhausting severely limited clinical time or placing a patient in jeopardy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Weis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guyton-Simmons
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009736:Nursing Process; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D013850:Thinking