Abstract

FARIAS, Cynthia Moura Louzada et al. Critical thinking and professional training in Dentistry: a narrative literature review. Rev. ABENO [online]. 2016, vol.16, n.1, pp. 73-87. ISSN 1679-5954.

The study aimed to investigate the literature and to describe the importance of critical thinking-based learning in healthcare, mainly in Dental professional training. The study deals with a literature review on the training of health professionals. Data were collected from Medline, Lilacs and SciELO. Full texts were collected from journals in the area of health sciences, specifically Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry. The descriptive analysis conducted showed 3 categories which oriented the study. The final analysis included 25 of the 211 papers retrieved. The results showed that 76.2% of them were published between 2009 and 2015, only 33.3% are from Brazil and 66.7% expressed analysis and results of international publications. It was also found that 66.7% studies addressed critical thinking in Dentistry, but only 9.5% were conducted in Brazil. In conclusion, the skills involving critical thinking bring evident benefits in training health professionals, resulting in more reflexive ant questioning individuals.

Keywords : Competency-Based Education; Dentistry; Higher Education; Thinking; Review.