Atena Rahmati; Sakineh Sabzevari; Mahmoud Reza Dehghani
Volume 12, Issue 5 , February 2016, , Pages 718-724
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Background & Objective: An important individual difference among students is their learning approaches Learning approaches are styles through which the learner selects information and integrates them Identifying students learning approaches and educational planning result in the attainment of educational ...
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Background & Objective: An important individual difference among students is their learning approaches Learning approaches are styles through which the learner selects information and integrates them Identifying students learning approaches and educational planning result in the attainment of educational achievements by students The aim of this study was to evaluate learning approaches and determine their relationship with demographic characteristics of postgraduate students of Kerman University of Medical Sciences Iran Methods: This was a descriptive analytical correlational study on 400 postgraduate students selected through random sampling The data collection tool consisted of a questionnaire with two sections of demographic characteristics and learning approaches Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency mean and standard deviation) and ANOVA and chisquare tests in SPSS software Results: The frequencies of deep surface and surfacedeep approaches among the students were 705% 235% and 60% Moreover among demographic characteristic the students occupation had a significant relationship with their approaches to learning (P = 0032) There was no relationship between learning approaches and other demographic characteristics of students Conclusion: This study showed that the majority of postgraduate students in Kerman University of Medical Sciences preferred the deep learning approach This learning approach had a significant relationship with their occupation It frequency was higher in unemployed people These findings are useful for the university and professors
Masoud Roudbari; Saeed Movahed
Volume 1, Issue 2 , January 2005, , Pages 94-103
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Background: The preinternship (PI) exam is the most important examination of medical students which can assess their abilities in passing the general medicine Objective: To determine the effective factors on the preinternship score and result at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Methods: The research ...
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Background: The preinternship (PI) exam is the most important examination of medical students which can assess their abilities in passing the general medicine Objective: To determine the effective factors on the preinternship score and result at Zahedan University of Medical Sciences Methods: The research was a crosssectional on 63 medical students participating in preinternship examinations in Zahedan University of Medical Sciences in 2000 The mean scores of basic sciences physiopathology clinical total and the scores of ten important courses of preinternship exam and the demographic variables were recorded and analyzed Results: The failing rate was 204% the relative risks of failing were 36 37 61 109 and 116 for the students with nondistrict group in quota system high age more than 55 year education period (to preinternship) with clinical score mean and total mean lower than the mean of all participants respectively and it was significant Also the mean of preinternship scores was significantly different based on marital status situation in quota system age education period A high correlation was observed between preinternship score and total scores mean physiopathology basic sciences and clinical scores respectively (079 075 073 and 073) Conclusion: Age quota system education period the clinical score mean infections diseases pharmacology and psychiatry scores are the most important factors influencing the exams results due to high and significant relative risks Marital status quota system age and education period cause the students taking part in a preinternship exam to get different means