DENTISTRY
Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Ders Genel Tanıtım Bilgileri

Course Code:

5010003011

Ders İsmi:

Critical Thinking

Ders Yarıyılı:

Fall

Ders Kredileri:

Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
2		2	3

Language of instruction:

Ders Koşulu:

Ders İş Deneyimini Gerektiriyor mu?:

Type of course:

Üniversite Seçmeli

Course Level:

Bachelor

TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree

QF-EHEA:First Cycle

EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree

Mode of Delivery:

Face to face

Course Coordinator :

Öğr.Gör. Erkan KOLAT

Course Lecturer(s):

Prof. Dr. Kafiye EROĞLU

Course Assistants:

Dersin Amaç ve İçeriği

Course Objectives:	In this course, it is aimed for the student to understand the importance of critical thinking in individual and professional life and to gain knowledge and skills regarding critical thinking in daily life and in making professional decisions.
Course Content:	Thinking, critical thinking and critical thinking skills, Critical thinking process, problem solving skills, decision making, prioritization and time management, communication and evidence.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;

Learning Outcomes

1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) Defines concepts related to thinking.
2) Comprehend the meaning of thought.
3) Learns what philosophical and scientific thought is.
4) Discusses the importance of critical thinking in individual and professional life.
5) Learns the types of thinking such as analytical, dialectical and interpretive.
6) Comprehends inductive, deductive and inferential thinking in scientific thinking.
7) • Describes the characteristics of a critical thinking individual.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
1) Explains the relationship between critical thinking and problem solving process.
2) Comprehends the importance of analytical thinking in modern science and learns to think analytically.
3) Improves the ability to express his/her thoughts effectively and accurately using analytical thinking.
4) • Explains the reflection of critical thinking on individual/professional life with example situations.
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
1) Realizes the importance of decision making in critical thinking.
2) • Discusses the importance of effective communication in critical thinking
Learning Competence
1) Analyzes the critical thinking process and its elements.
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility
1) • Understands the importance of setting priorities and time management in critical thinking.

Ders Akış Planı

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	Introduction to the course and explanation of the program Creating groups Measuring students' critical thinking skill tendencies
1)	Introdicing the course and what is Thinking
2)	Philosophical and scientific thinking	Reading-research
2)	Thinking Ways of Thinking Thinking process thinking skills
3)	Definition and importance of critical thinking Critical thinking tendencies and dimensions Intellectual standards in the critical thinking process
3)	Analytical Thinking	Reading-research
4)	Critical thinking process Factors affecting critical thinking Critical Thinking Process: Case Example
4)	Dialectic, interpretation	Reading and research
5)	Induction, deduction and inference	Reading-research
5)	Critical thinking skills Using critical skills: Sample article analysis
6)	Problem solving skills Problem solving process Exercise -scenario
6)	Analytical reasoning	Reading-research
7)	Reasoning Process	Reading-research
7)	Midterm Exam
8)	Midterm exam
8)	Communication Communication Process Communication events Exercise- scenario
9)	Claims in logic and their relationships	Reading-research
9)	Group presentations -Critical Thinking Activity I Article 1, Movie 1
10)	Effective reasoning	Reading-research
10)	Evidence Evidence-based practice Exercise – scenario
11)	Effective rasoning II	reading-research
11)	Group presentations - Critical Thinking Activity II Free 1, Movie 2
12)	Group presentation - Critical Thinking Activity III Article 2, Book 1
12)	Reasoning and Analysis	Reading-research
13)	Group Presentation - Critical Thinking Activity IV Book 2, Free 2
13)	Planning and Creating Reasoning	Reading-research
14)	Group Presentation - Critical Thinking Activity V Movie 3, Free 3 Closing and Evaluation of the Lesson
14)	Structuring thinking	Reading-research-
15)	Narrating-expressing Thinkings	Reading-research
16)	Final exam

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:

References:

1- Allen Matthew, Smart thinking, Oxford Univ Press, Oxford and New York, 2004.
2- Paul Richard, Elder Linda, Kritik Düşünce, Çev Ed. A. Esra Aslan- Gamze Sert, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık, 2013.
3.M. Gare Rubenfeld, Barbara Scheffer. Critical Thinking TACTICS for Nurses 3. Baskı, Jones&Bartlett Learning, 2014, ISBN: 1284066096, 9781284066098
https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=n9qCAwAAQBAJ&dq=critical%20thinking%20nursing&hl=tr&source=gbs_book_other_versions

4. Judith M. Wilkonson. Nursing Process and Critical Thinking, 5. Baskı, Pearson Education, 2011, ISBN: 0132181622, 9780132181624
https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=C7qYcQAACAAJ&dq=critical%20thinking%20nursing&hl=tr&source=gbs_book_other_versions

5. Eileen Gambrill. Critical Thinking in Clinical Practice, John Wiley&Sons, 2012
ISBN: 0470904380, 9780470904381
https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=NsuHtwciwQwC&dq=critical+thinking&hl=tr&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Ders - Program Öğrenme Kazanım İlişkisi

Ders Öğrenme Kazanımları	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	5	5	6	9	6	7	8
Program Outcomes
1) One has advanced theoretical and applied knowledge and has the ability to monitor and evaluate application tools, the literature containing the most up-to-date information in the field of dentistry, and other resources.
2) Has the knowledge to evaluate the source, accuracy, reliability and validity of the information obtained in the field of dentistry.
3) Has knowledge about ethical rules and legal responsibilities related to the dentistry profession.
4) Using the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of dentistry, she interprets and evaluates scientifically proven data, defines and analyzes problems and develops solutions.
5) Provides the patients with the most ideal treatment opportunity by using the advanced manipulation skills acquired in the field of dentistry.
6) Provides health education for individuals, families and society on oral and dental health.
7) Carries out a study in the field of dentistry independently using her advanced knowledge.
8) Takes responsibility as a team member or individually in order to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in dentistry practices, plans and manages the activities for the development of the employees under her responsibility, and examines and evaluates the process.
9) Decides and applies the ways to reach knowledge in the field of dentistry, and evaluates these knowledge and skills with a critical approach.
10) Determines learning needs and goals, reaches resources effectively and quickly, and directs its learning.
11) Ready for development, develops a positive attitude towards lifelong learning and continues this behavior throughout her professional life.
12) To comprehend contemporary technologies in subjects such as continuing education, communication, health informatics management and use them in line with the requirements of professional practices.
13) Informs the relevant people and institutions on issues related to the field of dentistry, listens to their thoughts, wishes and expectations, and transfers their own thoughts and solutions to problems with quantitative and qualitative data to experts and non-specialists.
14) Organizes and implements projects and activities individually or in collaboration with other professional groups for the social environment in which it lives.
15) By using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), she can follow the information in her field and communicate with her colleagues in oral and written.
16) Uses information and communication technologies with the knowledge of computer software and hardware at the level required by the field of dentistry
17) Monitors and evaluates the developments in the agenda of the society and the world in the field of dentistry.
18) Has the knowledge and skills to establish effective communication between cultures.
19) Clearly conveys her thoughts, problems and solution methods by using her advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of dentistry, and produces solutions to problems in line with scientific data and evidence.
20) She uses the knowledge and manipulation skills she has gained during her education life and after graduation, interprets the knowledge and skills she has acquired and shares the results with her colleagues.
21) Acts with the awareness of ethical rules and legal responsibility required by the dentistry profession.
22) Has sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
23) Makes the necessary applications in the subjects of clinical management, training of auxiliary personnel, effective working order, prevention methods from occupational diseases.

Ders - Öğrenme Kazanımı İlişkisi

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	One has advanced theoretical and applied knowledge and has the ability to monitor and evaluate application tools, the literature containing the most up-to-date information in the field of dentistry, and other resources.
2)	Has the knowledge to evaluate the source, accuracy, reliability and validity of the information obtained in the field of dentistry.
3)	Has knowledge about ethical rules and legal responsibilities related to the dentistry profession.
4)	Using the advanced theoretical and practical knowledge acquired in the field of dentistry, she interprets and evaluates scientifically proven data, defines and analyzes problems and develops solutions.
5)	Provides the patients with the most ideal treatment opportunity by using the advanced manipulation skills acquired in the field of dentistry.
6)	Provides health education for individuals, families and society on oral and dental health.
7)	Carries out a study in the field of dentistry independently using her advanced knowledge.
8)	Takes responsibility as a team member or individually in order to solve unforeseen complex problems encountered in dentistry practices, plans and manages the activities for the development of the employees under her responsibility, and examines and evaluates the process.
9)	Decides and applies the ways to reach knowledge in the field of dentistry, and evaluates these knowledge and skills with a critical approach.
10)	Determines learning needs and goals, reaches resources effectively and quickly, and directs its learning.
11)	Ready for development, develops a positive attitude towards lifelong learning and continues this behavior throughout her professional life.
12)	To comprehend contemporary technologies in subjects such as continuing education, communication, health informatics management and use them in line with the requirements of professional practices.
13)	Informs the relevant people and institutions on issues related to the field of dentistry, listens to their thoughts, wishes and expectations, and transfers their own thoughts and solutions to problems with quantitative and qualitative data to experts and non-specialists.
14)	Organizes and implements projects and activities individually or in collaboration with other professional groups for the social environment in which it lives.
15)	By using a foreign language at least at the European Language Portfolio B1 General Level ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1), she can follow the information in her field and communicate with her colleagues in oral and written.
16)	Uses information and communication technologies with the knowledge of computer software and hardware at the level required by the field of dentistry
17)	Monitors and evaluates the developments in the agenda of the society and the world in the field of dentistry.
18)	Has the knowledge and skills to establish effective communication between cultures.
19)	Clearly conveys her thoughts, problems and solution methods by using her advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in the field of dentistry, and produces solutions to problems in line with scientific data and evidence.
20)	She uses the knowledge and manipulation skills she has gained during her education life and after graduation, interprets the knowledge and skills she has acquired and shares the results with her colleagues.
21)	Acts with the awareness of ethical rules and legal responsibility required by the dentistry profession.
22)	Has sufficient awareness of the universality of social rights, social justice, quality culture and protection of cultural values, environmental protection, occupational health and safety.
23)	Makes the necessary applications in the subjects of clinical management, training of auxiliary personnel, effective working order, prevention methods from occupational diseases.

Öğrenme Etkinliği ve Öğretme Yöntemleri

Anlatım
Beyin fırtınası /Altı şapka
Bireysel çalışma ve ödevi
Grup çalışması ve ödevi
Okuma
Problem Çözme
Rapor Yazma
Soru cevap/ Tartışma
Örnek olay çalışması

Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Yöntemleri ve Kriterleri

Yazılı Sınav (Açık uçlu sorular, çoktan seçmeli, doğru yanlış, eşleştirme, boşluk doldurma, sıralama)
Sunum
Raporlama

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Midterms	1	% 40
Semester Final Exam	1	% 60
total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
total		% 100

İş Yükü ve AKTS Kredisi Hesaplaması

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	15	2	30
Study Hours Out of Class	15	2	30
Midterms	1	14	14
Final	1	16	16
Total Workload			90