Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution

Background: Educational experts affirm that students like various type of learning preference. It is known that the learning style preferences varies among medical students worldwide. By knowing types of learning style preferences, this will help medical educators to improve their way of conveyin...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida, Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim, Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara, Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra, Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah, Azimi, Muhammad Irham
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/1/2WCII%202016%20learning%20style%20preferences.pdf

id	iium-52479
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-524792018-11-07T08:43:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/ Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah Azimi, Muhammad Irham RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Background: Educational experts affirm that students like various type of learning preference. It is known that the learning style preferences varies among medical students worldwide. By knowing types of learning style preferences, this will help medical educators to improve their way of conveying lectures and teaching in a more effective learning environment. Objectives:This study aimed to describe the pre-clinical medical students’ learning style preferences and its association with socio-demographic profile. Methods: This was a cross sectional study done among Year 1 and Year 2 Muslim pre- clinical year medical students in an Islamic institution in Kuantan Pahang. Medical students who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited using systematic random sampling. A validated learning style questionnaire (VARK) was used to assess their learning style. Descriptive statistics and bivariable analysis were used during analysis using SPSS version 23. Results: A total of 166 Muslim pre-clinical year medical students participated in this study. The mean (SD) age was 21.3(0.84). Majority of them were Malay (98.2%) and female (69.9%). Most of the students preferred unimodal learning style (80.1%) with the most preferred learning style preferences waskinesthetic (41.6%). Bivariable analysis showed female students preferred kinesthetic learning style compared to male students(p=0.02). Conclusion: In this study, majority of the pre-clinical year medical students preferred ‘life-like’ learning experience in their study. Hence, we recommend that medical educators to be more aware of the varieties of learning style preferences in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning experiences. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/1/2WCII%202016%20learning%20style%20preferences.pdf Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida and Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim and Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara and Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra and Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah and Azimi, Muhammad Irham (2016) Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution. In: 2nd World Congress on Integration Islamicisation: Focus On Medical & Health Care Sciences 2016 (2WCII-2016), 21st-23rd October 2016, Kuantan, Pahang. (Unpublished) http://www.iium.edu.my/wcii/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah Azimi, Muhammad Irham Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
description	Background: Educational experts affirm that students like various type of learning preference. It is known that the learning style preferences varies among medical students worldwide. By knowing types of learning style preferences, this will help medical educators to improve their way of conveying lectures and teaching in a more effective learning environment. Objectives:This study aimed to describe the pre-clinical medical students’ learning style preferences and its association with socio-demographic profile. Methods: This was a cross sectional study done among Year 1 and Year 2 Muslim pre- clinical year medical students in an Islamic institution in Kuantan Pahang. Medical students who fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria were recruited using systematic random sampling. A validated learning style questionnaire (VARK) was used to assess their learning style. Descriptive statistics and bivariable analysis were used during analysis using SPSS version 23. Results: A total of 166 Muslim pre-clinical year medical students participated in this study. The mean (SD) age was 21.3(0.84). Majority of them were Malay (98.2%) and female (69.9%). Most of the students preferred unimodal learning style (80.1%) with the most preferred learning style preferences waskinesthetic (41.6%). Bivariable analysis showed female students preferred kinesthetic learning style compared to male students(p=0.02). Conclusion: In this study, majority of the pre-clinical year medical students preferred ‘life-like’ learning experience in their study. Hence, we recommend that medical educators to be more aware of the varieties of learning style preferences in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning experiences.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah Azimi, Muhammad Irham
author_facet	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida Abd. Aziz, Karimah Hanim Che Ab. Karim, Hanim Syazara Nizar, Fatimah Azzahra Dzulkarnain, Husna Najiah Azimi, Muhammad Irham
author_sort	Jamani, Nurjasmine Aida
title	Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
title_short	Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
title_full	Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
title_fullStr	Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
title_full_unstemmed	Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution
title_sort	learning style preferences among muslims pre-clinical medical students in an islamic institution
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52479/1/2WCII%202016%20learning%20style%20preferences.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:14:21Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:14:21Z
_version_	1777411462955794432

Learning style preferences among Muslims pre-clinical medical students in an Islamic institution

Similar Items