Abstract

HERNANDEZ PEREZ, Alfredo de Jesús et al. Characterization of learning styles of comprehensive community medicine students in the state of Falcón, Venezuela. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.3, pp.901-916.  Epub Dec 15, 2021. ISSN 1727-8120.

The present study has a causal explanatory descriptive character and is the result of the collaboration between Cuban and Venezuelan professionals involved in the direction of the training process of the Comprehensive Community Medicine career at the University of Health Sciences Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías, of the state of Falcón. Aimed at characterizing the learning styles of first-year students, taking into account the way in which age and gender affect the learning styles. The study was developed during the 2020 academic year. The selected sample consisted of 126 students from a population of 244. The diagnostic instrument used was the Kolb model questionnaire. Although there is a diversity of learning styles, the predominance of the reflective style was evidenced in both sexes; however, in the case of the male sex, the pragmatic style also predominates along with the reflective one.

Keywords : learning styles; training process; Medical career.

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