Medical Students’ Approaches to Learning and Study Skills

One of the main objectives of education is to help students become effective learners. The aim of this study is to determine the approaches to learning and study skills of medical students and profile the approaches to study based on their school year and gender. According to our results both medical and law students preferred deep and strategic approach more than surface approach. Medical students in the third grade preferred surface approach more than the students in the first and second grades did. The waning interest of medical students in deep approach needs to be assessed by the curriculum developers.