Assessment of Learning Style Profiles on Newly Joined MBBS Students during the Foundation Course

Malladi Subramanya Sarma; Sruthi Maddala; Praveen kumar Lakinena; Omkar Rama Krishna Puvvala

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i06.1001

Assessment of Learning Style Profiles on Newly Joined MBBS Students during the Foundation Course

Author(s)	Malladi Subramanya Sarma, Sruthi Maddala, Praveen kumar Lakinena, Omkar Rama Krishna Puvvala
Country	India
Abstract	Introduction: Information enters brain by three main ways - Sight, hearing, and touch, which one is used by individual mostly becomes their own learning style. Most of students have a combination of learning styles. One of them is dominant than others. AIM of this study: To identify various learning styles and if possible dominant/also prominent dominant styles which each individual student of 1st MBBS fresh students at the foundation course. Materials and methods: The study conducted was a cross sectional study done among 150 students enrolled in MBBS course for the year 2019-2020 at NRIIMS. A pro-forma / questionnaire is prepared by using VARK approach. Data was collected by using that VARK proforma. Study procedure: During regular working hours, the first-year undergraduate medical students were briefed about the study. The questionnaire was then distributed in the form of hard copies to the first year M.B.B.S students. Variables and their evaluation: Students were distributed into one of the following categories: Unimodal-Having only of the V, A, R, or K preferences; Bimodal-Having two preferences (VR, VA, VK, AR, AK,RK) ; Scores were given accordingly. Statistical analysis: The data was entered into a Microsoft excel sheet and the score were statistically analyzed to determine the percentage of students in each category Results: Response rate for the study was 75.3% and majority were Females comprising 44.6%. Bimodal learning style is most preferred than Unimodal learning style corresponding to 87.6% and 12.3% respectively. Among the strong Unimodal learners Aural, Visual, Reading/writing, and kinesthetic preferences were documented by 4.4%, 3.5%, 2.6%,1.8% students respectively. In Bimodal style combination of visual and auditory styles are most preferred by 27.4% participants. Least commonly employed learning style was combination of Reading/Writing and kinesthetic style and it was reported by only 8.9% of students. Conclusion: In the present study amongst first year medical students Bi-Modal learning style, with a combination of Visual and Aural presentation is the most preferred learning style. With the help of VARK questionnaire, it is recommended to test all the medical students. This will/ can be used to identify their most desired learning styles. This helps to improve educational goals by choosing most appropriate teaching methods.
Keywords	Aural, Visual, VARK, learning styles, Students
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 4, Issue 6, November-December 2022
Published On	2022-11-15
Cite This	Assessment of Learning Style Profiles on Newly Joined MBBS Students during the Foundation Course - Malladi Subramanya Sarma, Sruthi Maddala, Praveen kumar Lakinena, Omkar Rama Krishna Puvvala - IJFMR Volume 4, Issue 6, November-December 2022. DOI 10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i06.1001
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2022.v04i06.1001
Short DOI	https://doi.org/grb6bw

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