Reading habit is an essential life skill. It not only increases our
knowledge, but it also builds maturity and character, sharpens
our thinking, and widens our awareness in social, economic,
political, and environmental issues.1
Acquiring knowledge through reading is crucial for learning
process of a medical student. In clinical practice, it is
important as it relates to clinical competencies.2,3
Medical students encounter a huge volume of different subjects;
with which they are not familiar and on the other hand
remembering the various facts and new diagnostic and therapeutic
methods seems difficult. Thus, learning all the facts
needs enough time and regular curriculum planning.4 Frequently
much time is devoted to developing the content of
the curriculum and the type of assessments that will be completed
with little attention given to how the students best learn
or if they will be enhancing their lifelong learning habits.5 A
student’s approach to learning, which includes study habits,
has been shown to predict the student’s success.6
The most marked problems facing medical students are the
time management, concentration, reading speed, notes taking,
study habits and comprehension.7
Understanding the reading habit of medical students provides
an insight into their information backgrounds and h