Chung Eun-Kyung, Oh Sun-A, Yoon Tai-Young, Lee Sang-Jin, Woo Young Jong, Rhee Jung Ae, Baik Yung Hong
Department of Medical Education, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
The Brain Korea 21 Project, Center for Biomedical Resourcesat Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea.
Korean J Med Educ. 2009 Jun;21(2):125-31. doi: 10.3946/kjme.2009.21.2.125. Epub 2009 Jun 30.
The Professional Graduate Medical School (PGMS) was established in 2003 in South Korea to train doctors that had better humanities and various educational backgrounds. By comparing the learning styles between students of the Medical College (MC) and PGMS, we investigated the characteristics of these students.
The Kolb Learning Style Inventory (LSI) is used to determine learning preferences. It is composed of 12 statements on concrete experience, reflective observation, abstract conceptualization, and active experimentation. Six hundred nine students from all years of the 2 medical schools completed the Kolb LSI between June 1st and June 30th, 2008 (response rate: 91.4%).
MC students preferred Kolb's 'assimilator (56.3%)' and 'diverger (25.6%)', and PGMS students preferred Kolb's 'assimilator (61.2%)' and 'converger (19.3%)'. PGMS students showed a higher preference for abstract conceptualization compared with MC students (adjusted Odds Ratio=2.191; 95% Confidence Interval=1.115~4.306).
This study showed that the learning styles of PGMS and MC students differed. We can use this result not only in developing curricula and teaching strategies, but also in providing support to students.
专业研究生医学院（PGMS）于2003年在韩国成立，旨在培养具有更好人文素养和多样教育背景的医生。通过比较医学院（MC）和PGMS学生的学习风格，我们对这些学生的特点进行了调查。
使用科尔布学习风格量表（LSI）来确定学习偏好。它由关于具体体验、反思观察、抽象概念化和主动实验的12条陈述组成。两所医学院各年级的609名学生于2008年6月1日至6月30日完成了科尔布LSI（回复率：91.4%）。
MC学生更喜欢科尔布的“同化者型（56.3%）”和“发散者型（25.6%）”，而PGMS学生更喜欢科尔布的“同化者型（61.2%）”和“聚合者型（19.3%）”。与MC学生相比，PGMS学生对抽象概念化的偏好更高（调整后的优势比=2.191；95%置信区间=1.115~4.306）。
本研究表明，PGMS和MC学生的学习风格存在差异。我们可以将这一结果不仅用于课程开发和教学策略，还用于为学生提供支持。
