The participants worked in small groups on one self-chosen category. They wrote further suggestions, comments, and developed strategies further. At the end of the session, participants received their original sheet along with all the comments. Throughout discussions students are asked to probe for deeper meanings and help to identify their biases Uncomfortable experiences with conflict can be good growth experiences to foster critical thinking Student groups can be given unknown problems. They need to explore the literature to help solve the problem.
Students have difficulty when there are more than one correct answer or solution to a problem.
Faculty need to help them become comfortable with uncertainty. Although students are uncomfortable with peer and self assessment, practice doing these assessments helps them do a better job with them. Peer and self assessment skills help build critical thinking abilities. For the past two years, Andrew Peterson has used Cyberexam, Internet-accessible online testing software, in his class for the 4 th year pharmacy students. Since the pharmacy licensing exam is now given online, experience in online testing is important for our students.