Exam 4: Institute of Medicine Competencies As a Context for Thinking:the How, When, and Where of Critical Thinking

The U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) produced a report in 2000 that drove home a picture of our healthcare system's dire situation by estimating that nearly this many Americans die each year as a result of medical errors:

How can clinicians use reflection to meet the goals that the IOM has advocated for practice?

Schon suggests health care professionals use this tactic to, "muddle through the swampy lowlands" of healthcare more efficiently:

A person's thinking is influenced by the when and where context of a thought. Scheffer and Rubenfeld (2006) described CT as:

Teaching and learning principles and approaches are used in both academic and service settings. Educators in academic settings may experience more challenges because of:

According to Barr and Tagg, teaching implies __________ while learning is done in ____________.

Which is not a teaching strategy to enhance critical thinking?

This term describes Perry's belief that, "knowledge is contextual and relative, and multiple perspectives fit into a big picture."

In 2003 the IOM released another study that advocated for a set of five core competencies for all health professionals. The IOM uses competencies to describe:

Bargagliotti, Luttrell, and Lenburg (1999) provided a definition about competency-based performance evaluation that reinforced the IOM's recommendations. Competency-based evaluations are different than traditional check off methods in that they focus on:

The IOM's vision is to move away from status quo behavior in healthcare education and practice, and toward a focus on context-bound thinking, i.e., the how, when and where. The IOM believes these practice changes will occur through changes in:

Giddens and Brady (2007) advocate a concept-based approach to learning. In this approach, students are:

Gardner's labels of five minds for the future are similar to

Which mind is focused on responsibility as citizens?

Which mind is concerned with pulling together several sets of information?