Rachel Thompson

Thesis

A Vygotskian Exploration of Medical Students' Critical thinking within Threshold Concept Liminal Spaces.

Supervisors

• Dr Tony Loughland
• Dr Michael Michell
• Associate Professor Noel Whitaker

Summary

A qualitative approach to explore critical thinking within the liminal space during conceptual learning of evidence-based practice and biostatistics in UNSW's undergraduate medicine program. I have identified the troublesome and transformational conceptual development domains, and used Vygotskian theories to explore how students use critical thinking to transform and become evidence-based clinical practitioners.