Learning Environment at CMH Lahore Medical College - Perspective of medical students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. 3205-3208
Author(s):  
Shaista Arshad Jarral ◽  
Uzma Naseer ◽  
Aisha Zeeshan ◽  
Amna Liaqat ◽  
Umar Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Observational Study ◽  
Total Count ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Education Environment

Aim: To evaluate learning environment at CMH Medical College (CMH-LMC) as perceived by medical students. Methods: An observational study was conducted at CMHLMC, Lahore from July,2020 till December, 2020, using DREEM survey tool. Feedback to five category questions on Likert scale were used to count DREEM scores. Results: Mean DREEM count in our study came out to be 123.78±8.69. In respect of subcategories, Students’ Perceptions of Learning (POL), the maximum value was 29.48; Students’ Perceptions of Teachers (POT) showed a total score of 26.59; Students’ Academic Self-Perception (ASP) reached the highest number of 18.15; Students’ Perceptions Of Atmosphere (POA) attained total count of 32.38 and Students’ Social Self-Perceptions (SSP) made up a highest score of 17.19. Conclusion: Learning environment at CMHLMC, was perceived positive by medical students. Keywords: Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM), Learning environment (LE), Perception

scholarly journals Evaluation of a Brazilian Postgraduate Dental Program by the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Rebeca Do Vale Placa ◽  
Mariana S. Ragghianti Zangrando ◽  
Adriana C. P. Sant’Ana ◽  
Sebastião L. A. Greghi ◽  
Maria Lucia R. De Rezende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Positive Learning Environment ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Spearman’S Correlation

<p class="apa">The evaluation of education environment is essential to provide to the professors a better understanding of the teaching process. One valuable tool for this assessment is the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). This questionnaire has 50 questions and is divided in five dimensions: D1–Perceptions of teaching, D2–Perceptions of teacher, D3–Academic self-perceptions, D4–Perception of atmosphere, D5–Social self-perception. Although it was first elaborated to undergraduate medical students, it has been used to other health areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate learning environment of a dental postgraduate course in a Brazilian University. Twenty-one students of master degree and PhD program in Periodontics were invited to answer the DREEM questionnaire. The mean age of the students was 27.4 years old. The total DREEM mean was 146.8, presenting a positive learning environment. Possible correlations were analyzed by Spearman’s correlation test (P&lt;0.05). There was a positive correlation between total DREEM and all 5 dimensions (p&lt;0.05). The highest correlation was total DREEM with academic self-perceptions (r=0.938). There was no correlation between age and distance from parents home (p&gt;0.05). In conclusion, the postgraduate learning environment is positive and students are satisfied. This questionnaire was very efficient and provided important information to maintain or improve our learning environment.</p>

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Perception of Learning Environment at Benue State University College of Health Sciences, Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
K E Oghagbon ◽  
I Nwannadi ◽  
G Achinge
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
North Central ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students

The perception by Medical Students of their learning environment impacts on their understanding of the course of study and performances. This was a descriptive study that assessed medical students’ perception of learning environment at the College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Nigeria. The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was applied to all the second, third and fourth year medical students to assess the following areas; student’s perception of learning (SPL), student’s perception of course organizers (SPCO), student’s academic self-perception (SASP), student’s perception of atmosphere (SPA), and student’s social self-perception (SSSP). Data was analysed with the SPSS software version 15. Out of 250 questionnaires distributed to the students, 210 (84%) were fit for analysis; 174 males (82.9%) and 36 females (17.1%) with a mean age of 24.8 years ± 3.7. Mean global score (MGS) of study was 106.3/200 (53.2%) meaning positive perception, but not reflective of students centred learning. SPCO and SSSP needs to improve at a score of 48% and 49.3% respectively as against 100%. Other domains had positive perceptions (SPL; 56%, SASP; 61.9%, and SPA; 53.5%). There was a significantly lower SPA score in those in fourth year of study compared to second and third year students. (p ˂ 0.01) Medical Students at the BSU, Nigeria have positive perception of their learning environment, but the authority can improve MGS by increasing students’ social support, and retraining the teachers.

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Perception of Learning Environment at Benue State University College of Health Sciences, Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
K E Oghagbon ◽  
I Nwannadi ◽  
G Achinge
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
North Central ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students

The perception by Medical Students of their learning environment impacts on their understanding of the course of study and performances. This was a descriptive study that assessed medical students’ perception of learning environment at the College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Nigeria. The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was applied to all the second, third and fourth year medical students to assess the following areas; student’s perception of learning (SPL), student’s perception of course organizers (SPCO), student’s academic self-perception (SASP), student’s perception of atmosphere (SPA), and student’s social self-perception (SSSP). Data was analysed with the SPSS software version 15. Out of 250 questionnaires distributed to the students, 210 (84%) were fit for analysis; 174 males (82.9%) and 36 females (17.1%) with a mean age of 24.8 years ± 3.7. Mean global score (MGS) of study was 106.3/200 (53.2%) meaning positive perception, but not reflective of students centred learning. SPCO and SSSP needs to improve at a score of 48% and 49.3% respectively as against 100%. Other domains had positive perceptions (SPL; 56%, SASP; 61.9%, and SPA; 53.5%). There was a significantly lower SPA score in those in fourth year of study compared to second and third year students. (p ˂ 0.01) Medical Students at the BSU, Nigeria have positive perception of their learning environment, but the authority can improve MGS by increasing students’ social support, and retraining the teachers.

scholarly journals Medical students’ perception of their educational environment during foundation course

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1537
Author(s):  
Shreekrishna Maharjan ◽  
Tripti Shakya
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Item Scores ◽  
Factual Learning ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Background: Learning environment is how students perceive the climate of an institution. The strength and weakness of learning environment should be identified to help change, adjust and manage training programs with objectives for improving learning quality. Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) is a validated tool designed to measure educational environment specifically for medical schools and other health profession institutions. This tool has been used in 20 countries, including Nepal. The aim of this study was to determine the perception of medical students of Foundation Course toward their learning environment using this tool.Methods: The study was conducted among the medical students attending Foundation Course in School of Medicine at Patan Academy of Health Sciences in Nepal using the DREEM tool.Results: Total mean of DREEM score was 150.51 and that of subscales for Students' Perception of Learning (SPL), Students' Perception of Teachers (SPT), Students' Academic Self-Perception (SASP), Students' Perception of Atmosphere (SPOA) and Students' Social Self-Perception (SSSP) were 36.96/48, 34.01/44, 23.96/32, 36.03/48 and 19.55/28 respectively. In item scores, students scored more than 3 for 29 items, between 2 and 3 for 20 items and only 1 item received less than 2 score indicating an issue requiring attention on overemphasis of factual learning during the course.Conclusions: Students have a positive perception about their educational environment. Their perception is a valuable resource for institutional curriculum planners to make appropriate changes to enhance student learning. It is important to get feedbacks from students on how they are experiencing their learning environment.

scholarly journals Medical Students’ Perception of Learning Environment at Benue State University College of Health Sciences, Makurdi, North-Central Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-52
Author(s):  
K E Oghagbon ◽  
I Nwannadi ◽  
G Achinge
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
State University ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Positive Perception ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
North Central ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Fourth Year Medical Students

The perception by Medical Students of their learning environment impacts on their understanding of the course of study and performances. This was a descriptive study that assessed medical students’ perception of learning environment at the College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Nigeria. The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was applied to all the second, third and fourth year medical students to assess the following areas; student’s perception of learning (SPL), student’s perception of course organizers (SPCO), student’s academic self-perception (SASP), student’s perception of atmosphere (SPA), and student’s social self-perception (SSSP). Data was analysed with the SPSS software version 15. Out of 250 questionnaires distributed to the students, 210 (84%) were fit for analysis; 174 males (82.9%) and 36 females (17.1%) with a mean age of 24.8 years ± 3.7. Mean global score (MGS) of study was 106.3/200 (53.2%) meaning positive perception, but not reflective of students centred learning. SPCO and SSSP needs to improve at a score of 48% and 49.3% respectively as against 100%. Other domains had positive perceptions (SPL; 56%, SASP; 61.9%, and SPA; 53.5%). There was a significantly lower SPA score in those in fourth year of study compared to second and third year students. (p ˂ 0.01) Medical Students at the BSU, Nigeria have positive perception of their learning environment, but the authority can improve MGS by increasing students’ social support, and retraining the teachers.

scholarly journals Students' perceptions of the educational environment in an Iranian Medical School, as measured by The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Bakhshi ◽  
MH Bakhshialiabad ◽  
Gh Hassanshahi
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Married Students

Learning environment is found to be important in determining students’ academic success and learning. The goal of this study was to investigate the viewpoints of medical students toward learning environment based on The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) at Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences (RUMS). This descriptive study was conducted using the Persian DREEM questionnaire. All medical students in basic and clinical courses except internship students (fifth and sixth year) were approached to participate during the study period, of which 223 provided consent and completed the survey. Data were analyzed by SPSS-17, t-test and ANOVA statistical tests were used. The mean total score was 113.8±17.31 (out of a maximum of 200, 56.9%) indicating relative satisfaction with the perceived environment. There were no individual areas of excellence. Some items scored consistently badly indicating cause for concern. The highest score were related to Academic Self-Perception (64.11%) and learning (57.2%) domains. The lowest score were related to Teachers (55.9%), Social Self-Perceptions (56.6%) and atmosphere (55.8%) domains. Basic science students perceived the environment to be significantly more positive than preclinical students (p<0.05). Native and married students perceived the environment to be significantly more positive (p<0.05). Second and fourth year students were significantly higher than the others (P<0.01). There was significant difference between mean scores of total mean DREEM and sub-domains by year of enrolment (p=0.001). This tool identified areas of concern within RUMS medical school. Further use of the DREEM as a monitoring tool would be useful to re-evaluate the environment following appropriate intervention. To create an appropriate educational environment and reduce the deficits in order to provide a better learning environment with facilitate and supportive system for students. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v40i1.20335 Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull 2014; 40: 36-41

scholarly journals STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USING DUNDEE READY EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT MEASURE (DREEM) INVENTORY

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-116
Author(s):  
Khola Noreen ◽  
Kausar Aftab Khan ◽  
Risat Ali Nehra
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Class Room

Background: Educational Environment is defined as everything that take place in class room, department, college or university and is fundamental in achievement of students' academic success. Understanding the medical student's perception about the education environment has great impact in evaluating deficiencies in exiting medical curriculum, to make comparison between different groups and to make necessary changes accordingly. The objective of our study was to evaluate the perception of under graduate medical students about their learning environment. Methods: We conducted this cross-sectional study on 131 undergraduate medical students. DREEM Inventory was used to collect the data. DREEM is validated tool and universally used as diagnostic inventory to assess the quality of education environment. Data was collected after taking informed written consent. Results: Students' perceptions of learning, students' perceptions of teachers, students' academic self-perceptions, students' perceptions of atmosphere, students' social self-perceptions and total DREEM score were 25.4/48, 23.3/44, 17.3/32, 27/48, 14.3/28 and 107.5 /200, respectively. Out of total 50 item, 11 items scored less than 2 which indicate the area of significant problem and these issues need to be addressed on urgent basis. Conclusion: Over all students assessed education environment as average. There is a need for improvement in all five domains of students' perception.

scholarly journals Assessing the Learning Environment at Habib medical School, Islamic University in Uganda

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Nazziwa Aisha ◽  
Lwere Kamada ◽  
Tebetyo Zakia ◽  
Ankarali Handan ◽  
Ankarali Seyit
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Average Score ◽  
First Year ◽  
Maximum Point ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Self Perceptions ◽  
Education Environment

Background: The learners’ environment is crucial for development of professionals. In Uganda, there was no studies assessing the learning environment have been found. Objective: This study was performed to assess the undergraduate students’ perceptions of medical education in general and educational environment in a newly established faculty of medicine in Islamic University in Uganda.Materials and Methods: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM), a validated inventory was distributed among undergraduate students in the first year of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery study. This scale consists a 50 item inventory each of the50 items is scored on a 5-point Likert scale (0 to4).Results: The average total DREEM score was found to be 127.5 (maximum point is 200 in the scale) for the students. This score was interpreted according to the practical guide of McAleer and Roff those students’ perceptions of their learning environment were more positive than negative. In addition, the descriptive values of 5 subdimensions of the scale were found as follows. The Perceptions of Learning dimension average is 33.69 ± 6.10, the Perceptions of Teachers dimension average is 25.89 ± 4.44, Students’ Academic Self-Perception 23.35 ± 3.91, Perceptions of Learning Atmosphere dimension average 29.83 ± 7.01 and Social self-perceptions dimension average 13.90 ± 3.92.Only the mean Social Self Perceptions sub-dimension score were below the expected average score (maximum score/2), and all of the other mean of dimensions were higher than the expected average. The best score is obtained from Perceptions of Learning. The items with low scores (less than 2) on the DREEM questionnaires were identified as in need of rehabilitation.Conclusion: On the whole, the study showed that the students’ perception of the educational environment and the teaching delivered were positive but the student’s social self-perception was not good. Measures to improve student’s social self-perception will be adopted.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 01 No. 01 January’17. Page : 26-29

scholarly journals Climate study in different phases of medical students of medical colleges of Bangladesh

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nurun Nahar ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Md Tafazzal Hossain Khan ◽  
Tahmina Nargis ◽  
Shegufta Mohammad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Climate Study

Climate is the soul and spirit of medical college and students’ experiences of the climate are a useful basis for modifying and improving the quality of educational environment. The present study was undertaken to identify how the students perceive the educational environment in a newly restructured curriculum using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). The inventory was administered to 1903 medical students (3rd, 4th and 5th year) of MBBS course adopting purposive sampling. The mean DREEM total score and mean score for five essential domains were found significantly different in different phase of medical students. DREEM total score were found to be highest for 3rd year students (119/200) and lowest for 5th year students (105/200) but all the three groups of students perceive the environment as positive. 3rd year students also scored high than 4th and 5th year students in five domains. All the three groups of students identify problems in environment and give opinion that there are many issues need to improve with special attention to perception of atmosphere and social self perception. The results are the first data obtained from the students about the educational environment and give important feedback to curriculum planners and change managers of the faculty for necessary improvement. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v1i1.12856 Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.1(1) 2010 pp.29-36

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