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标题：Learning styles,academic achievement,and mental health problems among medical students in Thailand
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作者：Salilthip Paiboonsithiwong ; Natchaya Kunanitthaworn ; Natchaphon Songtrijuck 等
期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2016
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：1-6
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2016.13.38
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：Purpose:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of various learning styles among medical students and their cor_x0002_relations with academic achievement and mental health problems in these students.Methods:This study was conduct?ed among 140 first-year medical students of Chiang Mai University,Thailand in 2014.The participants completed the visual-aural-read/write-kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire,the results of which can be categorized into 4 modes,correspond?ing to how many of the 4 types are preferred by a respondent.The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the 21- item Outcome Inventory (OI-21) were also used.The participants’ demographic data,grade point average (GPA),and scores of all measurements are presented using simple statistics.Correlation and regression analysis were employed to analyze differences in the scores and to determine the associations among them.Results:Sixty percent of the partici?pants were female.The mean age was 18.86 ± 0.74 years old.Quadmodal was found to be the most preferred VARK mode (43.6%).Unimodal,bimodal,and trimodal modes were preferred by 35%,12.9%,and 18.6% of the participants,respectively.Among the strong unimodal learners,visual,aural,read/write,and kinesthetic preferences were reported by 4.3%,7.1%,11.4%,and 12.1% of participants,respectively.No difference was observed in the PSS-10,OI-anxiety,OI-de?pression,and OI-somatization scores according to the VARK modes,although a significant effect was found for OI-inter?personal (F= 2.788,P= 0.043).Moreover,neither VARK modes nor VARK types were correlated with GPA.Conclusion:The most preferred VARK learning style among medical students was quadmodal.Learning styles were not associated with GPA or mental health problems,except for interpersonal problems.
关键词：Purpose:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of various learning styles among medical students and their cor_x0002_relations with academic achievement and mental health problems in these students.Methods:This study was conduct?ed among 140 first-year medical students of Chiang Mai University,Thailand in 2014.The participants completed the visual-aural-read/write-kinesthetic (VARK) questionnaire,the results of which can be categorized into 4 modes,correspond?ing to how many of the 4 types are preferred by a respondent.The 10-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10) and the 21- item Outcome Inventory (OI-21) were also used.The participants’ demographic data,grade point average (GPA),and scores of all measurements are presented using simple statistics.Correlation and regression analysis were employed to analyze differences in the scores and to determine the associations among them.Results:Sixty percent of the partici?pants were female.The mean age was 18.86 ± 0.74 years old.Quadmodal was found to be the most preferred VARK mode (43.6%).Unimodal,bimodal,and trimodal modes were preferred by 35%,12.9%,and 18.6% of the participants,respectively.Among the strong unimodal learners,visual,aural,read/write,and kinesthetic preferences were reported by 4.3%,7.1%,11.4%,and 12.1% of participants,respectively.No difference was observed in the PSS-10,OI-anxiety,OI-de?pression,and OI-somatization scores according to the VARK modes,although a significant effect was found for OI-inter?personal (F= 2.788,P= 0.043).Moreover,neither VARK modes nor VARK types were correlated with GPA.Conclusion:The most preferred VARK learning style among medical students was quadmodal.Learning styles were not associated with GPA or mental health problems,except for interpersonal problems.