Life and Thought
Akbar Soltani is a physician, faculty member at the University of Tehran, and instructor of critical thinking. He has worked in the fields of medical education, evidence-based medicine, and designing a critical thinking curriculum for medical students.
Akbar Soltani was born in 1966 and has been a faculty member at the University of Tehran since 1999, working in education and clinical practice at Shariati Hospital. From 2008 to 2010, he completed a master's degree in medical education at the University of Tehran, dedicating his thesis to developing a critical thinking curriculum for medical students at the university.
Soltani has taught the critical thinking course since 2011 and has headed the Avicenna Critical Thinking Group since 2009. His work in this area focuses on the intersection of medical education, methodological thinking, and cultivating the capacity for critical judgment.
He has also served as the scientific editor of the Iranian Journal of Diabetes and Metabolism since 2011 and has chaired the Evidence-Based Medicine Research Center since 2015. His professional standing lies at the crossroads of medicine, education, critical thinking, and scientific evidence.