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Learning styles of pharmacy undergraduates: Experience from a Malaysian University

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Saleem, Fahad Hassali, Mohamed Azmi Ibrahim, Zeehan Shanaz Alrasheedy, Alian A. Aljadhey, Hisham
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	Background: Available evidence suggests that understanding students’ learning style is helpful in providing them a successful learning experience. The aim of the study was to determine learning styles preferences of first year pharmacy students enrolled at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was adopted to conduct the study. The Visual, Auditory, Kinaesthetic – Learning questionnaire was administered to all undergraduates of first year (n=115) enrolled at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data explanation. SPSS ® v.18.0 was used for data analysis. The level of statistical significance was taken to be p <0.05. Results: Ninety-two students responded to the survey with a response rate of 80.0%. Females (78, 84.8%) dominated the cohort with Malay being the prevailing ethnic group. Visual learning style was the most commonly adopted learning style among the students (n=45, 48.9%) followed by kinaesthetic (n=29, 31.5%) and auditory learning style (n=18, 19.5%). Apart from ethnicity being significantly associated with auditory learning style ( p =0.030), the preferred learning styles were statistically independent of the demographic variables examined in the study. Conclusion: Based on the results, the respondents preferred visual learning whereby they favour using images, pictures, colours, and maps to organise information and communicate with others. Therefore, policy makers and educators should take into consideration, the learning style preferences of undergraduate pharmacy students when planning, implementing and evaluating educational initiatives.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Volume Number	15
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/download/370/334
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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