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    Self-Assessment of problem-solving skills and Clinical reasoning among sixth-year medical students In Baghdad University / College of Medicine
    (Universidad de Murcia. Servicio de publicaciones, 2023) Moaffack Hassan, Ahmed; Nashwan Abbas, Ibraheem; Abbas Abdulrazaq, Ahmed; Jawad Almothafar, Ali Mohammed
    Objectives: To assess the level of problem solving skills of Sixth grade medical studentsof College of Medicine/ University of Baghdad using self-assessment tool. Methods: A cross-sectional study to assess Problem Solving Disposition in Sixth year Medical Students in College ofMedicine/ University of Baghdad. A printed survey of the questionnaire was distributed to sixthyear medical students in august 2022. A sample of 151 students participated in the study by fillingof the printed questionnaire which was validated by a previous study in a medical school inMexico. Ethical approval was taken from all students participated in these study. Results: Thenumber of sixth Grade medical students that participated in the study was 151 of whom 70 (46.35%) were males and 81 were females. The mean score of the “knowledge of discipline” was 2.973±0.999, as for the “pattern recognition” component the mean was 2.198 ± 0.559, and the mean for the“application of general strategies” component was 2.158± 0.492. The independent sample T-testresults for the “Knowledge of discipline” category showed a mean score for females of 3.137 and amean score for males of 2.778 with a p value >0.05. For correlations between the categories one ofthe items of the “Pattern Recognition” category had a positive correlation with a statisticalsignificance with 2 items from “Application of general strategies for problem solving” category.Conclusion: The study found that students were better at pattern recognition and applying generalproblem-solving strategies than remembering discipline-specific knowledge. Male students ratedthemselves higher in remembering concepts than their female counterparts. The correlationbetween pattern recognition and problem-solving can be understood through dual process theory,which describes two modes of thinking - type 1 (intuitive) and type 2 (analytical). Patternrecognition is a type 1 thinking strategy that can be highly efficient in problem-solving. However, itcan be limited by a lack of knowledge structure. Experts use both knowledge and patternrecognition to solve problems, and novices can learn from them. Therefore, students should focuson developing both their knowledge structure and pattern recognition abilities to improve theirproblem-solving skills.