Vera & Widjaja Y. JPKI, 2022;11(1):40-48 doi: 10.22146/jpki.65555 40 Vol. 11 | No. 1 | March 2022| Jurnal Pendidikan Kedokteran Indonesia - The Indonesian Journal of Medical Education *corresponding author, contact: liuvera716@gmail.com ORIGINAL RESEARCH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF LEARNING STRATEGIES ACCORDING TO LEARNING STYLES AND THE RELATIONSHIP WITH UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCES Vera 1 , Yoanita Widjaja 2 1 Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta – INDONESIA 2 Medical Educaton Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara, Jakarta – INDONESIA Submitted: 28 Apr 2021, Final revision from authors: 25 Aug 2021, Accepted: 11 Oct 2021 ABSTRACT Background: Each individual has his or her distinctive style of learning. Learning styles are the combination of the most efective and efcient ways a person chooses to focus on receiving and processing information from the environment. However, the knowledge of learning style alone will not make any changes to academic performance if it is not followed by changes in learning strategies tailored to one’s learning style. Te suitability of learning strategies with learning styles is one of the important factors that can afect student’s academic performance. Research on this topic is still rarely found today. Hence, the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between the suitability of learning strategies and learning styles with the academic performances of undergraduate medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara. Methods: Tis is an analytic study with a cross-sectional method that involved 227 undergraduate medical students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Tarumanagara. Data were obtained through validated VARK 7.1 Indonesian questionnaires on learning styles and learning strategies consisting of a series of questions about the characteristics of each learning style from Fleming ND. Results: Tis study shows that 142 respondents (62,6%) implemented learning strategies that did not ft their learning styles and the rest 85 respondents (37,4%) implemented appropriate learning styles. Seventy-two out of 85 (84,7%) respondents show matching learning strategies and learning styles and they have good academic performances (GPA), while 104 of 142 students (73,2%) with unsuitable learning strategies and learning styles have good GPA as well with a p-value of 0,066 (p>0,05). Conclusion: Tere is no signifcant relationship between the suitability of learning strategies with learning styles and the academic performance of undergraduate medical students at Faculty of Medicine Universitas Tarumanagara. Keywords: learning strategies, learning styles, academic performance, medical students ABSTRAK Latar belakang: Setiap individu mempunyai gaya belajar tersendiri, yang mungkin dapat berbeda dengan orang lain. Gaya belajar adalah kombinasi dari cara yang paling efektif dan efsien yang dipilih seseorang untuk dapat fokus menerima dan mengolah informasi dari lingkungan. Namun, pengetahuan mengenai gaya