TY - JOUR ID - 68672 TI - Learning Theory: Narrative Review JO - International Journal of Medical Reviews JA - IJMR LA - en SN - 2345-525X AU - Arab, Maliheh AU - Ghavami, Behnaz AU - Akbari Lakeh, Maryam AU - Yaghmaie, Minoo AU - Hosseini-Zijoud, Seyed-Mostafa AD - Department of Medical Education, School of Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Shariati Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Social Development and Health Promotion Research Center, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Y1 - 2015 PY - 2015 VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 291 EP - 295 KW - Learning Theories KW - medical education KW - review DO - N2 - In review of medical education literature there are seven main categories of learning theories. This review has aimed to summarize them. Different learning theories include adult learning theories (Andragogy), behaviors orientation, cognitivist orientation, humanist orientation, social learning orientation, constructivist model and transformation learning. In conclusion, in medical education and its theories bases should effectively include all of these aspect in order to train competent graduates. UR - https://www.ijmedrev.com/article_68672.html L1 - https://www.ijmedrev.com/article_68672_9a2c1b5b7fac9fe1fb411b3084513736.pdf ER -