Infusing Critical Thinking into the Nursing Curriculum Through Faculty Development
Nurse EducatorPublished 1 March 2000
Gary Loving, Janet Sullivan Wilson
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The authors describe how one nursing school implemented a faculty development program with the goal of infusing critical thinking strategies into courses throughout the curriculum.
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An important prerequisite to changes in an educational program's predominant philosophy and culture is systematic faculty development to begin and sustain the evolution. The authors describe how one nursing school implemented a faculty development program with the goal of infusing critical thinking strategies into courses throughout the curriculum.
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