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Universitas Medica
Print version ISSN 0041-9095On-line version ISSN 2011-0839
Abstract
CORTES BARRE, Michelle and GUILLEN OLAYA, Javier Fabricio. Learning Styles of Undergraduate Medical Students. Univ. Med. [online]. 2018, vol.59, n.2, pp.4-10. ISSN 0041-9095. https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed59-2.apre.
Introduction:
According to the experiential learning theory, each person develops a learning style that characterizes his/her preferred way to acquire and transform experiences to create knowledge. The objective of this study was to identify the learning styles of undergraduate medical students.
Methods:
The Kolb Learning Style Inventory was applied to first-year medical students at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) during the second period of 2009.
Results:
204 students completed the questionnaire (the average age was 18.5 years; 55% were women). Students preferred the abstract styles of learning, including assimilating (47%) and converging (27%) styles.
Conclusions:
Having information about medical students learning style preferences can help educators to design teaching strategies that promote a more effective learning. Teachers should provide a variety of learning contexts to stimulate the strengthening of their abilities.
Keywords : learning; models/educational; education/medical/undergraduate.