Embracing critical thinking to enhance our practice

Excerpt

Miguel de Cervantes, the great Spanish writer, once wrote that those “who read much and walk much, go far and know much" [1]. The same is true in medicine; reading and gathering experience are the main pillars on which one should develop the knowledge of solving clinical problems in the ever-changing field of healthcare. If properly done, these newly acquired skills will continuously enhance our critical thinking strategies with which we try to identify the best possible improvements in the clinical pathway of radiology. As gaps in knowledge are always present, medicine is rooted in consolidated knowledge based on validated scientific studies and clinical experience reproducibility and accuracy [2]. This represents our best approach to evidence-based decisions. Medical knowledge must be well-established before it can be considered as the basis for decision making and patients guidance in daily practice. …