Identifying and Comparing the Different Learning Styles of Health Professional Students

ABSTRACT

To compare the learning styles of first year MBBS, BDS and DPT students. This study was carried out at Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi [IIMC], Riphah College of Rehabilitation Sciences [RCRS], Islamic International Dental College Islamabad [IDC], Pakistan between February 2013 and June 2013. It was a descriptive cross sectional study. A sample of 83 first year MBBS, 81 first year DPT and 36 BDS were recruited. Kolb's inventory [1985] was used for collection of data. It was analyzed by using SPSS 20.p value of <0.05 was considered significant. A confidence interval of 95 was maintained. Frequency of learning style showed that 38.2% of MBBS students are assimilators, 59.7% of DPT students are Accommodators and 15.2% of BDS are Converger. It is concluded that the majority of students of the different disciplines have different learning style. So teacher must be aware of this fact and plan according to the learning styles of the students