In today’s world we are in information overload.  So much information is available to us.   Your success will depend on what you can do with the information, not just on what you know. How we filter and use that abundance of data is the reason critical thinking has become so important today.

In the health care field, we are called upon to solve problems efficiently and safely.  We use the knowledge we gain in school and through our practice to guide us in new situations.

Course & Module Objectives

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Explore and apply critical and creative thinking strategies.

Here is the content for this session:

• Textbook Reading: Lumen Ch. 14 – Critical and Creative Thinking: Types of Thinking, Chapter Activities-Thinking About Thought (optional), Video: KONY 2012, It’s Critical, Problem Solving and Decision Making, Searching for “Aha!”
  
• Assignment: Discussion Board 7
• Assignment: Completion of Project B: Student Success, Sunday at 11:59.

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