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Evaluation of Preferred Learning Styles and Learning Strategies of Medical Students

JOURNAL:MAZEDAN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

#	Authors	First Online	DOI	Downloads	Citations
1.	Shazia Shahzadi, Shahzad Ali Khan, Asher Ahmed Mashhood	25 Sep 2021	na	10	0

Abstract

Aim: the purpose of this study was to define and evaluate the preferred Learning Style and preferred learning strategies of medical students Design: Cross Sectional design, descriptive study and Random sampling method were used Place and Duration of study: The study was conducted from Feb 2020 to Aug 2020 at the department of psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences (QIMS). Methods: In this study 254 medical students registered, in which 122 males and 132 females. Obtained demographic information with the learning style test (VAK) was administered to assess the preferred learning style of students as visual (V), auditory (A), Kinesthetic (k). All students were also asked to mark the various learning modalities such as lectures, tutorials, demonstration and practical and ranking them from most preferred modality to least preferred modality. Questionnaire was in English and distributed to the large group in two sittings. Results: Three learning styles or modalities were tested among students: Visual 36%, Auditory 24% and Kinesthetic 40.%. The majority of 69% of students preferred learning modality was (multimodal), while 39% was (unimodal), 20% was bimodal, and 41% was (trimodal). The most preferred learning modality was practical 42% and tutorials was least preferred 15%, t-test shows significantly higher number of auditory modalities in female, compared to male, whereas male has significantly higher number in kinaesthetic modality (p value<0.05) Conclusion: Male students chosen the Kinaesthetic and visual learning style than females, while, female students chosen the auditory and kinaesthetic learning style. Majority students were multimodal (VAK) preference. Awareness about the learning styles of students at educational institutes is appreciated and helps to solve learning problems among students, and become students’ better learners and get best results.

Keywords

Learning modalities (Auditory, kinesthetic &Visual) learning strategies, medical students

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