2013
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-13-42
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Learning styles and approaches to learning among medical undergraduates and postgraduates

Abstract: BackgroundThe challenge of imparting a large amount of knowledge within a limited time period in a way it is retained, remembered and effectively interpreted by a student is considerable. This has resulted in crucial changes in the field of medical education, with a shift from didactic teacher centered and subject based teaching to the use of interactive, problem based, student centered learning. This study tested the hypothesis that learning styles (visual, auditory, read/write and kinesthetic) and approaches… Show more

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“…Though the impact of learning style is highly recognized, identification of undergraduates' learning styles have only been recognized by a few Sri Lankan studies and the target student groups were mainly from medical science disciplines (Samarakoon, et al, 2013;Dissanayaka, 2014;Bataduwaarachchi, et al, 2013). Thus, the main objective of the study was to identify the learning styles and its impact on the academic performance of first year agricultural undergraduates at the Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.…”
Section: Learning Stylesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Though the impact of learning style is highly recognized, identification of undergraduates' learning styles have only been recognized by a few Sri Lankan studies and the target student groups were mainly from medical science disciplines (Samarakoon, et al, 2013;Dissanayaka, 2014;Bataduwaarachchi, et al, 2013). Thus, the main objective of the study was to identify the learning styles and its impact on the academic performance of first year agricultural undergraduates at the Faculty of Agriculture, Rajarata University of Sri Lanka.…”
Section: Learning Stylesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Sin embargo, el enfoque de aprendizaje en las ciencias básicas en los estudiantes de medicina de primer año ha recibido poca atención, especialmente en los aspectos relacionados con el éxito académico, y la mayoría de los hallazgos son objeto de controversia. Los ejemplos incluyen estudios realizados en Europa y Estados Unidos, tanto en ciencias aplicadas como clínicas, para vincular los enfoques de aprendizaje y el rendimiento acadé-mico (8,12) y para evaluar las diferencias entre los enfoques de aprendizaje en estudiantes de medicina de pregrado y posgrado (13) . Byrne y colaboradores, en un estudio realizado en Irlanda encontraron que el enfoque profundo y estratégico se asocia positivamente con un alto rendimiento académico; sin embargo, esta relación fue evidente solo para estudiantes de sexo femenino (4) .…”
Section: Introductionunclassified
“…Sin embargo, ambos enfoques pueden correlacionarse ya sea positiva o negativamente con el enfoque estratégico, lo que sugiere la importancia del análisis factorial en los estudios para evaluar los enfoques de aprendizaje (8) . En un estudio reciente (13) que comparó los enfoques de aprendizaje en los estudiantes de primer año, del último año y estudiantes de posgrado, el enfoque predominante fue el estratégico en todos los grupos, con un cambio positivo hacia enfoques estratégicos y profundos en los estudiantes de posgrado. Aunque la finalidad de los distintos planes de estudio en los estudiantes de medicina es promover el enfoque profundo (14) , ya que se relaciona mejor con los aspectos de la práctica clínica (15) , los resultados siguen siendo polémicos (6,13) .…”
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“…E mail: drravishgowda@gmail.com Medical students in particular are often described as "strategic learners", but in reality many become superficial learners out of necessity when faced with the seemingly boundless volume of material in today's curriculum. [6] The apparent enormity of the task might encourage learning and much of what is learnt can be rapidly forgotten once the examination or assessment task is completed. One of the challenges that the teacher faces is how to encourage a deeper understanding of the key areas of the curriculum.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%