title: The fact of ignorance: revisiting the Socratic method as a tool for teaching critical thinking.
abstract: Critical thinking, while highly valued as an ability of health care providers, remains a skill that many educators find difficult to teach. This review provides an analysis examining why current methods of teaching critical thinking to health care students (primarily medical and pharmacy students) often fail and describes a premise and potential utility of the Socratic method as a tool to teach critical thinking in health care education.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy Services, UKHealthCare, Lexington, Kentucky ; University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Douglas R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Oyler
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Romanelli
mesh_terms: D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology; D013850:Thinking
keywords: Socratic method; critical thinking; pharmacy education