Critical Thinking Workshop

More than 50 BUMC faculty, course and program directors gathered Dec. 21-22 in Hiebert Lounge to take part in the two-day joint faculty development program, “Critical Thinking Strategies for Health Professionals.” Led by Gerald Nosich, PhD, a noted authority on the subject, the workshop was designed to help teaching professionals engage their students in critical thinking within the discipline or subject matter they are studying.

“If you’ve been teaching a course three or four times and you get into a rut, these workshops help you think more creatively and critically in a variety of ways,” said Lance Laird, M. Div, Th.D, assistant director of the Master of Science Program in Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice in Graduate Medical Sciences. “It’s a great way to review and revaluate how you are teaching and drawing your students into the course.”