First year medical students' learning style preferences and their correlation with performance in different subjects within the medical course

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Hernández Torrano, Daniel ^a   Ali, Syed ^b   Chan, Chee Kai ^b  

^a NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

^b NAZARBAYEV UNIVERSITY   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Academic performance; First year; Learning styles; Medical education; Medical subject

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADULT; ANATOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC SUCCESS; ADULT; ANATOMY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMANS; KAZAKHSTAN; LEARNING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026898194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-017-0965-5     Document Type: Article

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