NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STUDENTS' PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES IN URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 1392

Rasouli, D and Safaei, Z and Zareie, F and Mohamadpor, Y and Soheili, A (2015) NURSING AND MIDWIFERY STUDENTS' PREFERRED LEARNING STYLES IN URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 1392. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 1 (1). pp. 84-89.

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Abstract

Scientific achievement of the students is the aim of education in universities and accordingly considering the style which students learn through it, will have a key role in promoting quality of education and achieving educational goals. This study aimed to determine nursing and midwifery students' preferred learning styles in Urmia University of Medical Sciences. Materials & Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 200 nursing and midwifery students of the 2nd year by census method. Data collecting instrument was the VARK learning style questionnaire that its validity and reliability had been confirmed. Finally after entering the collected data to the SPSS (19) software, data analysis was performed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: Prioritization of the preferred learning styles of students was as the following: Visual (the most common learning style), and Kinesthetic (the least common learning style) that used by students participated in this study. The other results indicated that there is no statistically significant correlation between learning styles with gender, field of study and the students’ interest in their discipline (P<0/05). Conclusion: Since the nursing and midwifery students’ most common learning style is visual style, utilization of visual instructional media can lead to the improvement of students’ learning. Therefore, it is recommended to the faculty professors to provide the enhancing educational quality in the schools of nursing and midwifery, by using evidence-based teaching methods

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