Designing an Effective Education Model Based on Learning Styles in Medical Education

An important factor that helps teachers to prepare the conditions for effective learning is to pay attention to the type of learning style of students. The purpose of this article is to design an effective teaching model based on learning styles in medical education.

The method of this research is mixed (qualitative-quantitative) approach. In this research, in addition to the documentary study, the content analysis technique with MAXQDA12 software has been used to identify the dimensions, components and indicators. The statistical population was in the qualitative section of all experts in the field of education and medical sciences. In order to validate the model, confirmatory factor analysis has been used through smart pls3 software. The statistical sample of the quantitative section includes 387 professors of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Findings were extracted in the qualitative section including 3 dimensions of 9 components and 43 indicators. The findings of the quantitative section showed that among the studied dimensions, teaching and learning process with a coefficient of 0.700 and among the components, learner readiness with a coefficient of 0.875 and finally Educational design of medical courses with a coefficient of 0.930 among the indicators have the largest share in the design of effective education based on learning style.

The results showed that in order to draw an effective training model based on learning styles in medical education, special attention should be paid to educational processes, outputs and finally to inputs.