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Steve Milanese1, Susan Gordon, Aya Pellatt

  • 1Discipline of Physiotherapy, School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine, and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, Australia. steven.milanese@jcu.edu.au

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Area of Science:

  • Physiotherapy education
  • Learning style research
  • Health professions education

Background:

  • Understanding student learning styles is crucial for optimizing clinical education.
  • Previous research suggests physiotherapy students may have distinct learning preferences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the preferred learning styles of final year physiotherapy students in their clinical education.
  • To identify common learning style profiles within this student cohort.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional observational study was conducted.
  • A questionnaire survey utilizing Kolb's Learning Style Inventory (Version 3.1) was administered.
  • The study included 48 final year physiotherapy students from James Cook University.

Main Results:

  • Preferred learning styles were evenly distributed among Converging, Assimilating, and Accommodating styles.
  • The Diverging learning style was the least preferred among the students.
  • Students favored theoretical learning and applying knowledge through active experimentation over direct patient experience.

Conclusions:

  • Physiotherapy students appear to share common learning style profiles, reinforcing previous findings.
  • While learning styles are promoted for educational improvement, high-level evidence remains limited.
  • These findings can inform pedagogical approaches in physiotherapy clinical education.