Self-Assessment of Problem Solving Disposition in Medical Students

Table 2

Factor analysis.

Item	Component associated to; “Knowledge of discipline”	Component associated to; “Pattern recognition”	Component associated to; “Application of general strategies for problem solving”
(1) I acknowledge my strengths and weaknesses on a particular topic.	−0.088		0.170
(2) I recognize how much information I have about a concept.	0.171		0.280
(3) I easily remember concepts that I learned long ago.		−0.033	0.047
(7) I seek alternative solutions before making a decision.	−0.103	−0.431*
(10) I decide the solution of a problem from evaluating several options.	−0.114	−0.405*
(11) I identify alternative solutions to problems.	0.057	−0.264
(12) I am able to focus on a problem.	0.370	0.036

Values more or equal to 0.4.