The relationship between critical thinking disposition and job satisfaction in health team in North-Khorasan province, Iran

The study was conducted with the aim to examine the relationship between critical thinking dispositions and job satisfaction. In this descriptive cross-sectional study 271 member of health teams (doctors, midwives, social workers, …) selected by simple random stratified cluster sampling. Data were collected using California standard critical thinking disposition and job satisfaction questionnaires. Data were analyzed with SPSS software using statistical indices. The overall job satisfaction mean was 72.16±20.32 and overall critical thinking disposition mean was 293.76±22.02, and correlation between them was r=0.12. There was a correlation between job satisfaction and critical thinking sub-groups, except self-confidence. Action must be taken to increase various skills of critical thinking disposition in the health team. Lack of a correlation between overall job satisfaction mean and critical thinking disposition could be due to low scores in both groups.