zma000425 Poster Kraft Kraft Hans-Georg HG Mag. Dr.

Medical University of Innsbruck, Section Humangenetik, Schöpfstraße 41, A-6020 Innsbruck, AustriaMedical University of Innsbruck, Section Humangenetik, Innsbruck, Austria

hans-georg.kraft@i-med.ac.at author German Medical Science GMS Publishing House

Düsseldorf

610 11. Grazer Konferenz 03.-05. Mai 2007, Salzburg 20070531 20070815 20070817 engl 1860-3572 24 3 GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung GMS Z Med Ausbild 131 20070817Satzzeichenkorrektur im Titel Poster The Swiss admission test to medical schools (EMS) was introduced at the Medical school of Innsbruck in 2006. This study aims to find out whether this test has an effect on the distribution of Kolb's learning styles in Medical students. The distribution of the 4 learning styles according to Kolb (diverging, assimilating, converging and accommodating) was determined in the medical students who were successful in the EMS test and compared to those of students of 2002, 2003 and 2004 who had been admitted without any admission test. In the unselected students the relative proportions of Kolb's learning styles were 21.5%, 47.4%, 21.3% and 9.8% for diverging, assimilating, converging and accommodating, respectively. Students who were selected by the EMS showed a significant different distribution: the frequency of assimilating and accommodating remained unchanged (47.0% and 8.4%) but the frequency of "converging students" had increased (35.1%) to the expense of student with diverging learning style (9.5%). When the EMS points were compared between the 4 learning styles students with the diverging learning style had significant lower marks (p=0.008) than students with one of the other learning styles. Since students with the diverging learning style are predominantly female this effect on the learning style distribution explains also a significant part of the gender effect that was visible after the introduction of the EMS. 0 0 0 0