ArticleBMC medical education2024
Relationship between learning styles and clinical competency in nursing students.
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- Kolb learning styles in Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC): a comparative study of military learners and civilian paramedics.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Assessment of Endometriosis Knowledge and Its Determinants Among Nurses in Al-Jouf Region, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe acquisition of clinical competence is considered the ultimate goal of nursing education programs. This study explored the relationship between learning styles and clinical competency in undergraduate nursing students.
methodsA descriptive-correlational study was conducted in 2023 with 276 nursing students from the second to sixth semesters at Abhar School of Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Data were collected using demographic questionnaires, Kolb's learning styles, and Meretoja's clinical competence assessments completed online by participants. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 16, employing descriptive statistics and inferential tests (independent T-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation) at a significance level 0.05.
resultsThe predominant learning styles among nursing students were divergent (31.2%), and the least common was convergent (18.4%). The overall clinical competency score was 77.25 ± 12.65. Also, there was a significant relationship between learning styles and clinical competency, so the clinical competency of students with accommodative and converging learning styles was higher. (P < 0.05).
conclusionThe results of this study showed the association between learning styles and clinical competence in nursing students. It is recommended that educational programs identify talented students and provide workshops tailored to strengthen various learning styles associated with enhanced clinical competence.
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