Özet:

This study was conducted with the aim of determining the critical thinking trends of health managers working in health facilities related to the Konya Provincial Health Directorate. The identificative type of research’s work group consisted of 114 health managers working in the management stages of health facilities. The personal survey form created by researchers as a data collection tool and the California Critical Thought Trend Scale (CEDEÖ), which was translated into Turkish by (Kökdemir 2003: 66) was used. The data collected is interpreted by the results obtained by percentage, average, standard deviation, Kruskal-Wallis test and Unrelated Group T test. The California Critical Thought Trend Scale of managers found the average total score to 229.79±20.70 at a low level. The average age of health managers involved in the study is 39,04±6,31. 50.9% of managers found that they were graduates, and 69.3% of those who worked as managers for 1-5 years. Training programs for health managers should be created by methods that develop the managers’ critical thinking skills. This study aims to contribute to other research and literature that will be done on the study of the critical thinking trends of health managers.

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