As every instructor will attest, teaching students to think critically about any subject matter can be an uphill battle. Could it be that the process of solving complex problems needs to be translated into a paradigm that students can grasp -- visually? After years of persistent effort in teaching students the art of discovering relationships, inferences, biases, synthesis, etc. in an introductory health course, I have found one of the most effective ways to teach critical thinking is to allow students to envision what their thinking looks like before and after instruction.