The survey of cognitive and metacognitive strategies in Kermanshah provinc health workers in 2017

Abstract

Introduction: Provision of health services in a decent and desirable way requires the empowerment of those involved in the provision of these services to the community. Since health care providers need to acquire knowledge, attitude and skills in their field of work in the first phase of providing health services, they must be trained during their employment period. Familiarity and their usefulness in learning strategies (cognitive and metacognitive) ) Will lead to the acquisition of the necessary scientific and practical capabilities in them and subsequently promote the level of health of the community. The present study was conducted with the aim of studying the cognitive and metacognitive strategies of health workers in Kermanshah province in 1396. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 200 health workers in 10 districts of Kermanshah province selected by simple random sampling method. A good cognitive strategy in five dimensions of the organization of the subject, repetition and refereeing, semantic extension, abstraction and comprehension and their meta-cognitive strategy in three dimensions of planning, monitoring, and control, using the MSLQ learning strategy questionnaire using the 24SPSS software Descriptive statistics methods of numerical indicators and tables are described.for data analysis ,T test and one way Anova were used. Results: The results showed that the health care providers have cognitive strategies with an average of 62.85 and meta-cognitive strategies of 64.40. The performance of health care providers was moderate in using strategies. Also, in the dimensions of the cognitive strategy development and extension of meaning with the mean of 62.68, the highest percentage of meta-cognitive dimensions of the planning was 78.87. The study of the effect of demographic variables such as age, sex, marriage, level of education, residence and duration of service on the use of learning strategies showed that there was no significant relationship with meta-cognitive age (P <0.05) in other variables. Conclusion: Considering that many learning difficulties in learners are rooted in the weakness of the use of learning strategies (cognitive and cognitive), the necessary interventions in the field of teaching learning strategies to health improvement as owners and providers of community health have increased the information and use of This information is in practical and professional positions and will be an important step in promoting community health.