Table 1 Students’ perceptions on learning medication care, self-confidence and learning style

A) Learning medication care (Scale 1–5, strongly disagree–strongly agree)

Perceives mathematics easy

3.33 (1.15)

3.33(1.13)

ns

Perceives medication calculations easy

3.49 (1.03)

3.55 (0.97)

ns

Perceives pharmacology easy

2.76 (0.85)

2.69 (0.83)

ns

Satisfied with current amount of medication education

2.88 (1.03)

2.44 (1.07)

<0.001

Good motivation for studying medication care

4.06 (0.76)

3.98 (0.80)

ns

B) Active participation in studying topics of medication care (Sum-score on a scale of 1–5, strongly disagree–strongly agree)

3.71 (0.61)

3.81 (0.68)

0.017

C) Self-confidence in medication management (Sum-score with scale 1–5 strongly disagree-strongly agree)

3.43 (0.55)

3.66 (0.60)

<0.001

D) Learning style (ILS) (Sum-scores on a scale of 1–5: Never–always)

Self-regulation ¹⁾

2.37 (0.78)

2.28 (0.81)

ns

External regulation ²⁾

3.41 (0.59)

3.18 (0.61)

<0.001

Lack of regulation ³⁾

2.09 (0.66)

2.02 (0.77)

0.03