Critical Thinking Skills, Clinical Experience, and Academic Performance Among Radiologic Technology Interns
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: As iiithe iiihealthcare iiilandscape iiiincreasingly iiiemphasizes iiithe iiineed iiifor iiicritical iiithinking iiiin iiiclinical iiidecision-making iiiand iiipatient iiicare, iiideveloping iiithese iiiskills iiiamong iiiinterns iiihas iiibecome iiiparamount.iiiThis iiistudy iiiexplores iiithe iiirelationship iiibetween iiicritical iiithinking iiiskills, iiiclinical iiiexperience, iiiand iiiacademic iiiperformance iiiamong iiiradiologic iiitechnology iiiinterns.iii Findings iiiindicate iiithat iiithe iiilevel iiiof iiicritical iiithinking iiiskills iiiamong iiiradiologic iiitechnology iiiinterns iiiis iiivery iiihigh, iiiwith iiiparticular iiistrengths iiinoted iiiin iiianalysis, iiicommunication, iiiobservation, iiiand iiiproblem-solving.iiiThis iiihigh iiilevel iiiof iiicritical iiithinking iiiis iiicomplemented iiiby iiian iiiequally iiihigh iiilevel iiiof iiiclinical iiiexperience, iiias iiiindicated iiiby iiithe iiiinterns' iiiproficiency iiiin iiihands-on iiiapplication iiiskills iiiand iiitheir iiiability iiito iiioperate iiiand iiimaintain iiiradiologic iiiequipment iiieffectively.iiiThese iiiresults iiisuggest iiia iiistrong iiicompetency iiiin iiiperforming iiiimaging iiiprocedures, iiiwhich iiiis iiiessential iiifor iiisuccess iiiin iiiclinical iiisettings.iiiAcademic iiiperformance iiiamong iiithe iiiinterns iiiwas iiigenerally iiirated iiias iiigood, iiiwith iiimost iiistudents iiiachieving iiisatisfactory iiigrades.iiiHowever, iiithe iiistudy iiirevealed iiia iiisignificant iiirelationship iiibetween iiicritical iiithinking iiiskills iiiand iiiclinical iiiexperience, iiiindicating iiithat iiihigher iiilevels iiiof iiicritical iiithinking iiiare iiiassociated iiiwith iiienhanced iiiclinical iiicompetencies.iiiConversely, iiithe iiianalysis iiihighlighted iiithat iiithere iiiis iiino iiisignificant iiirelationship iiibetween iiicritical iiithinking iiiskills iiiand iiiacademic iiiperformance, iiinor iiibetween iiiclinical iiiexperience iiiand iiiacademic iiiperformance.iiiThis iiisuggests iiithat iiiwhile iiicritical iiithinking iiiand iiiclinical iiiexperience iiiare iiiinterrelated, iiithey iiido iiinot iiidirectly iiiinfluence iiiacademic iiisuccess iiiin iiithis iiisetting.The iiiinsights iiigained iiifrom iiithis iiistudy iiiunderscore iiithe iiiimportance iiiof iiiemphasizing iiicritical iiithinking iiiand iiihands-on iiiclinical iiiexperience iiiin iiiradiologic iiitechnology iiieducation.iiiThese iiielements iiiare iiiessential iiifor iiideveloping iiiproficient iiihealthcare iiiprofessionals.iiiAdditionally, iiieducators iiiare iiiencouraged iiito iiiexplore iiivarious iiiapproaches iiito iiienhance iiiacademic iiiperformance, iiiensuring iiithat iiiall iiiaspects iiiof iiiintern iiidevelopment iiiare iiiaddressed.iiiThis iiistudy iiiserves iiias iiia iiivaluable iiicontribution iiito iiithe iiipreparation iiiof iiiradiologic iiitechnology iiiinterns iiifor iiitheir iiifuture iiiresponsibilities iiiin iiian iiieverevolving iiihealthcare iiienvironment.
Authors: Sajidkhan S. Juhan, Dr.Marifel O. Sison
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410329057