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| Title |
Learning styles and approaches to learning among medical undergraduates and postgraduates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medical Education, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6920-13-42 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Lasitha Samarakoon, Tharanga Fernando, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Senaka Rajapakse |
| Abstract |
The challenge of imparting a large amount of knowledge within a limited time period in a way it is retained, remembered and effectively interpreted by a student is considerable. This has resulted in crucial changes in the field of medical education, with a shift from didactic teacher centered and subject based teaching to the use of interactive, problem based, student centered learning. This study tested the hypothesis that learning styles (visual, auditory, read/write and kinesthetic) and approaches to learning (deep, strategic and superficial) differ among first and final year undergraduate medical students, and postgraduates medical trainees. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 43% |
| France | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 520 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Nepal | 1 | <1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | <1% |
| Unknown | 506 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 96 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 76 | 15% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 37 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 29 | 6% |
| Other | 132 | 25% |
| Unknown | 114 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 210 | 40% |
| Social Sciences | 42 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 32 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 74 | 14% |
| Unknown | 128 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 June 2023.
All research outputs
#6,813,556
of 23,846,647 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#1,175
of 3,605 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#55,416
of 199,734 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#15
of 41 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 23,846,647 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 70th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,605 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a little more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 6.4. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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We're also able to compare this research output to 41 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 60% of its contemporaries.