Critical Thinking 1

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The Assessment Rubric for Critical Thinking (ARC) Assessment Profile is a written demonstration of your competence to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate a problem and create a bridge between theory and application.

A successful ARC project will demonstrate your capacities to examine, question, critique, modify, and reflect on a healthcare informatics issue associated with the electronic health record. This will include utilizing your critical thinking skills to intellectually explore and critically examine a problem/issue, develop a perspective on this problem/issue and provide support in favor of your perspective.

There are six major goals within the ARC Assessment Profile. They are: Communication, Analysis, Problem Solving, Evaluation, Synthesis, and Reflection.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 1:

Communication: Define the problem in your own words.

Questions:

a. Identify the main idea or problem in the case study

b. Support your choice of the main idea or problem with details and examples.

c. Organize your findings (details & examples) in a logical and coherent format.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 2:

Analysis: Compare & contrast the available solutions within the scenario .

Questions:

a. Identify 2 – 3 possible solutions for the issue and/or problem.

b. Compare and contrast the pros and cons for each solution.

c. Choose one solution you believe is the best one for addressing/solving the issue and or problem.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 3:

Problem Solving: Select one of the available solutions and defend it as your chosen solution.

Questions:

a. Defend your chosen solution.

b. Back up your choice through facts and or evidence that support your solution.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 4:

Evaluation: Identify the weaknesses of your chosen solution.

Questions:

a. Identify any areas of weakness within your chosen solution.

b. Identify hidden assumptions and beliefs you may harbor about your choice of solution.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 5:

Synthesis: Suggest ways to improve/strengthen your chosen solution (may use information not contained within the scenario).

Questions:

a. Identify concepts and ideas from multiple sources that improve or strengthen your solution.

b. Identify any new found information and the impact that new information may or may not have on your solution.

c. Identify potential missing information and the impact that missing information may or may not have on your solution.

ARC Assessment Profile

Goal 6:

Reflection: Reflect on your own thought process after completing the assignment.

Questions:

a. Identify the strengths and weaknesses in your thought process with this project.

b. Where there bias’ in your thinking?

c. What did you learn from doing this project?

d. What would you do different next time to improve your critical thinking skills process?