Critical thinking A Very Good Morning To Our Director of Alor Star Medical Assistant College,Tuan Haji Zafri Bin

Yusof,Deputy Director Of Academic Mr. M.S Ganesan , Deputy Direcor of Student affair, Mr. Cheah Yew Leong,senior lecturers and my fellow collagemates.On this morning,Im standing here to deliver speech on Critical Thinking Among Students Critical thinking is a part of general thinking process.Its defined as mindset or way of thinking, rather than a method or a set of steps to follow. Critical thinking is clear thinking that is active, focused, persistent, and purposeful. It is a process of choosing, weighing alternatives, and considering what to do. Critical thinking consists of three important steps or stages. These stages are:First, becoming aware that certain assumption exists;Second making this assumption clear and final, steps are making sure in its accuracy. So, critical thinking assumes critical evaluation of any assumptions, which appear during our thinking process. In order to evaluate them critically, we ask ourselves several questions. Is this assumption true? Are there any special conditions, which make it true? Are there any special conditions, which make it false? There are some general mistakes concerning critical thinking. Usually we tend to treat word critical negatively. We believe that critical evaluation brings negative effect trying to destroy any assumptions finding only their counterparts and blunders. In reality critical thinking is rather positive process, which creates more realistic perspective. Critical thinking is a very important process, because it includes realistic evaluations of unchecked facts and assumptions. Very often unchecked facts or information lead to wrong decisions and poor consequences. In personal communication and close interactions critical thinking can help to understand the position and problem of other people . Problem solving process in hospital includes: - setting up the problem;in example complaint of the cases from the patients - defining negative sides of the problem, main difficulties and limitations; - defining positive sides of the problem, what can be used in order to resolve it; - finding new ideas, brainstorming, etc, aiming to escape negative sides and use positive ones; - choosing the best variant most suitable for the problem resolved, building a ranking list of solutions, starting from the most effective ones. Last but not least,Critical or evaluative thinking can become a perfect tool for making the right decisions. It can be used either for group or for individual decision making.So, We as A future Medical Assitant can used it for our profession as this profession assumes taking a lot of decision and their critical evaluation and right diagnosis of the cases could saves many peoples lives.Thank You!