Saira Tariq, Muhammad Arif Khan, Saira Afzal, Sheikh Raza Shahzad, Mohammad Hamza, Haania Aimen Khan, Fatima Qamar, Maryam Javed, Muhammad Farhan Ashraf, Fareeha Mubarak, Bushra Iqbal Puri, Taha Masood, Fatima Kazim, Tanveer Shaukat, Shafia Shaikh.
Association between academic learning strategies and annual examination results among medical students of King Edward Medical University.
Ann King Edward Med Uni Jan ;22(2):124-34.

Learning style is the composite of cognitive, affective, and physiological characteristics that serve as rela-tively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts and responds to the learning environment. Felder – Solomon Index of Learning Style (ILS) inclu-des Sensitive/Intuitive, Visual/Verbal and Sequential/ Global, Active/reflective. The learning strategies are a major indicator of exam performance of students. learning strategies and annual examination results among medical students of King Edward Medical University. Study Design: Cross – sectional study design. Study Setting and Duration: King Edward Medical University and 3 months. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among the 3rd, 4th, and 5th year medical students of KE-MU Lahore. Informed consent was taken. A total of 300 students, 100 each from 3rd, 4th and 5th year were taken. 132 males (44%) and 168 females (56%) were part of the study. Simple Random sampling (non-pro-bability sampling) was used. Results: The overall dominant learning strategies among students of King Edward Medical University were sensing/SNS (64.3%), visual/VIS (80.7%), sequ-ential/SEQ (63.7%) and Active/ACT (50.3%). Chi squared test for individual learning combinations agai-nst achiever types showed no significant association between academic learning strategies and annual exam performance (p value > 0.05). Results also showed that females performed better academically than their male counterparts.

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