Journal of Basic Research in Medical Sciences

en Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Learning Styles in First-Year Medical Sciences Students (A Cross-Sectional Study) پژوهشي Research Introduction: Critical thinking is one of the most key skills needed by an outstanding student, which can lead to beneficial results by influencing the learning process. Measuring the state of critical thinking among students and searching for the relationship of this variable with factors such as learning styles can be a guide for policymakers and educational managers in designing and revising educational strategies. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between critical thinking and learning styles. Materials and Methods: The current study was a cross sectional research which conducted in 2023. The participants were 110 first-year students who studying at Ilam University of Medical Sciences in the fields of health, nursing and midwifery, medical emergencies and allied health professions. The data were collected using VARK learning styles questionnaire and the California Critical Thinking Skills Test Questionnaire Form B. Statistical tests included independent t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) which imported to SPSS V.21 at the level of significance less than 0.05. Results: The average critical thinking score of the participants was 8.55. More than half of the studied students had two or more learning styles. There is a statistically significant relationship between single-style and multi-style modes of VARK learning and evaluation skills (p=0.034) and inductive reasoning (p=0.009) of critical thinking. Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen the skills related to reasoning and critical thinking among students of medical sciences with a longitudinal theme approach, both in the form of official curriculum and in the form of short-term training courses.   Thinking, Learning, Medicine, Students 52 58 http://jbrms.medilam.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-38-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Marziye Tolide 10031947532846007454 10031947532846007454 No Department of e-learning, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Ali Khorshidi khorshidi-a@medilam.ac.ir 10031947532846007455 10031947532846007455 No Health and Environment Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Jamil Sadeghifar 10031947532846007456 0000000276850410 Yes Health and Environment Research Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Tayebe Shokri t.shokrip@gmail.com 10031947532846007457 10031947532846007457 No Medical Education Study and Development Center, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran. Zahra Shoara shoarazahra@gmail.com 10031947532846007458 10031947532846007458 No Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran Sayede Sara Hosseini isarah.2079@gmail.com 10031947532846007459 0009-0000-7403-2855 No BSc of Public Health- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, Iran