Critical thinking is a reflective reasoning process. It encompasses use of knowledge, experience, caring, skills, and values. The critical thinker gathers and assesses all pertinent and essential evidence, that both support and oppose a claim. It is a process that is enhanced and clarified by multiple points of view. The critical thinker possesses intellectual integrity, humility, autonomy, curiosity, empathy, perseverance, courage, confidence in reason and fair-mindedness.