Date Posted: June 9, 2026

Author/s: Lyca Jean Acilo, Danah Rue Bautista, Artelle Vianca I. Bongolto, Dianne Cabato, Reina Kristel Cabugatan, Alexander Felix Calaycay, Irish Joyce Calusin, Clarizza Mae Castillo, Mirabelle Anne Castillo, Carolinne Cervania, Carlo Chaneco, Dwight Coronado, Golda Faith V. Cruz, Ana Beatrice Coronel, Eloisa Leslee De Luna, Marc Louise Fernandez, Mary Joyce Ann Lascano, Precious Ginalyn Uagas, Junena Mae Mabutas, Charlee Hana Madarang and Jarie Maver Manalastas

Objective: To determine the satisfaction of medical students of different learning styles in terms of organization/structure, learner interaction, student engagement, instructor presence, and perceived learning to online education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among the second-year and third-year medical students of FEU-NRMF enrolled in the school year 2020-2021. The data were collected through a survey questionnaire made by the researchers and was distributed through google forms.

Results: With the data obtained from 300 participants, most of the learning styles of second-year and third-year medicine students of FEU-NRMF were moderately satisfied within the 6 categories of the SLSOLE questionnaire. In Course Structure/Organization, the highest percentage was garnered by Read/ Write; Learner’s Interaction and Instructor’s Presence, the highest percentage was obtained by Visual learners; Student Engagement, Student Satisfaction, and Perceived Learning categories, the highest percentage belonged to Multimodal learners.

Conclusion: More than half of the respondents had the Kinesthetic type of learning style and majority of the learning styles were only moderately satisfied with online education.

Keywords:
COVID-19 pandemic, learning styles, learning satisfaction, V.A.R.K questionnaire, student learning satisfaction in online learning environment (SLS-OLE) instrument