and to assess its implications on teaching-learning methods in medical school.Methods: 571 students in all years of medical school were invited to complete a questionnaire via online. For this study, Felder's Index of Learning Styles (ILS) was used, which included 49 items. Felder's ILS measures the learner's relative preference for each of the five dichotomous learning style dimensions.Results: 242 (42.3%) students completed the questionnaire. More than 80% preferred sensitive information and more than 60% preferentially took in visual information. Both males and females preferred sensing and visual learning materials. On average, The students at KNU school of Medicine were reflective, sensing, visual, global and inductive.
Conclusion:From these results, we suggested some effective methods of teaching-learning based on the students' preferences and some perspectives for future works.
initiated a pilot project to admit small number of qualified students who received BS degree or above in the field of sciences in 1996. This study was conducted to evaluate effectiveness of the pilot project.Methods: Students' academic grades, outcome of their opinion surveys on adaptability to the school life, difficulties and problems from the classes of 1996 to 2001 were analyzed.Results: A total of 57 students were admitted to this program over the past 7-year period, 54.8% of them from natural science major and 36.8% from engineering. Students admitted with BS degree were performing above average in the class by % rank. There was no significant difference in academic performance between the natural science and the engineering major. Of 20 graduated, only one took career in basic medical science (physiology). The students thought undergraduate education was helpful in maturing personal characters than in knowledge or skill attainment.
Conclusion:The achievement of medical students admitted after baccalaureate level was comparable to that of students with two years of premedical education.
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