NURS1003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Sociological Imagination, Health Professional, Relate
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Today, challenges are: complex, global, simultaneous and both chronic and rapidly emerging, we need realistic, effective, appropriate, sustainable and affordable solutions. We need health professionals who can work together, be proactive, be able to see both the individual and the bigger picture and who can think creatively about solutions. C. wright mills (1959): american sociologist the sociological imagination was a way of thinking sociologically. He saw it as a quality of mind . We see the world through a sociological imagination, or think sociologically when we make a link between personal troubles and social issues . Critical thinking: the art of analysing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it . Raises vital questions and problems, formulating them clearly and precisely. Gathers and assesses relevant information, using abstract ideas to interpret it effectively. Comes to well-reasoned conclusions and solutions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards.
