Background: Medical education is a lifelong learning process that necessitates ongoing professional development for both educators and students. Learning preferences or enduring inclinations are referred to as learning styles. In order to meet the diverse learning demands of pupils, it is critical to evaluate their learning styles. Research has demonstrated that learners have four basic perceptual learning modalities, that are Visual (V), Auditory (A), Tactile (R), and Kinaesthetic (K). It is essential for an educator to recognise the most preferred learning style preference of students and they should tailor instructions to which they prefer to learn.
Aims and
Objectives: The aim of this study is to analyse the learning
preference among 2nd-year Medical graduates using a modified
validated VARK questionnaire based on a new curriculum.
Materials and
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 101
medical graduates. A validated VARK questionnaire was used to categorise the
learning preferences. Students were instructed to tick or circle the most
preferred learning style. The completed questionnaires were collected and
statistically evaluated.
Results: Most
of them preferred multimodal (64.35%) learning style as compared to unimodal
(35.6%). In multimodal, the majority of the students preferred a bimodal
(47.5%) learning style. In unimodal, the majority of the students preferred
aural (14.8%) followed by visual (11.8%) mode of learning style. Active
learning strategies are superior compared to the traditional didactic lecture
format to exhibit analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making
skills. Student’s academic achievement is likely to improve if teaching is done
in all the sensory modalities.
Conclusion: Students
now participate in more and more learning activities thanks to the revised
curriculum. Teaching-learning can be more successful if it considers the
learning styles of the students. Determining the learning preferences of pupils
is an important teaching skill. Knowledge of learning styles may help educators
identify and solve learning problems among students, thus helping the students
to become more effective learners. Further studies are needed from different
institutions that provide insight into the design of an efficient learning environment
that would encourage students to achieve academic success.
Author(s) Details
Prasannakumari
Sundararajan
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Prasanna Xavier
Anthonisamy
Department of
Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India.
Vinupradha Paulraj
Department of Physiology, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abdhul Rahman Abdul
Azeez
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College and ESI Hospital,
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mria/v11/1457
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