scholarly journals The Educational Environment at Khawaja Mohammad Safdar medical Collage Sialkot

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-40
Author(s):  
Abeer Anjum

Introduction: The instructive climate in any organization is an important concern to debate, as it assumes a powerful part in overseeing understudies' scholastic accomplishment. Objective: The target of my examination was to determine students’ perception of the educational environment at Khawaja Mohammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, poll-based study was led in which undergraduate students of all five years were analyzed.50-item DREEM Questionnaire was used, and scoring was based on 5 points Likert scale. Data were analyzed by using SPSS v 25. The obtained score was expressed as the mean ±SD. Results: A total mean score is 114/200 (57%), which is more affirmative than negative. The mean score for Students’ perception of Learning is 28/48, Students’ perception of Teachers 25/32, Students’ academic self perception20/28, Perceptions of atmosphere 27/48, and Students’ social self-perception is 16/28. There were four problem areas; item no.1 (I am encouraged to participate in teaching sessions) (1.78), item no.8(course organizers ridicule their students)(1.42), item no.35(I find experience disappointing)(1.76), and item no.3(there is a sound support system for students who get tense)(1.25) all with means ≤2. Conclusion: The overall educational climate was more valuable than the negative; however, few problem areas need to be further explored, and measures are taken to make the environment more favorable for learning. Keywords: DREEM (Dundee Ready Education Environment Education), student’s perception, instructive climate

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gowda P. Prashanth ◽  
Salim K. Ismail

Objectives: This study aimed to assess perceptions of the educational environment in Oman among medical undergraduate students and interns using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) tool. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted between October 2016 and April 2017 at the Oman Medical College (OMC), Sohar, Oman. A total of 737 medical undergraduate students and interns from the OMC and College of Medicine & Health Sciences of Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman, were invited to complete the DREEM questionnaire in the form of an online survey. Mean overall scores, subscale scores and individual item scores were subsequently compared between undergraduate students and interns. Results: A total of 418 undergraduate students and interns completed the survey (response rate: 56.7%). The mean overall DREEM score was 130.75 ± 12.69. While interns had higher mean DREEM scores than undergraduate students, this difference was not significant (133.00 ± 17.64 versus 128.50 ± 15.53; P = 0.326). The mean score percentages for the perceptions of learning (66.7% versus 58.3%; P = 0.028) and perceptions of teachers (75% versus 68.2%; P = 0.038) subscales were significantly higher among OMC interns compared to undergraduate students from the same college. The perceptions of the environment subscale received the lowest mean score percentages among undergraduate students and interns from both colleges. Conclusion: Overall, medical undergraduate students and interns viewed the educational environment in Oman in a positive light. It is possible that undergraduate students’ perceptions of the educational environment may become more favourable as they progress with their medical career and become interns.Keywords: Medical Education; Undergraduate Medical Students; Internships; Perceptions; Oman.


2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Nurul Husna Ahmad Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Arif Kamaruddin ◽  
Mohd Nasri Awang Besar ◽  
Mohamad Nurman Yaman

Educational environment in medical school has a significant influence on the students’ progress in becoming a holistic doctor. Different background of students may have different perception towards their educational environment. The objectives of this study were to explore and ascertain the overall educational environment status of two medical programmes in the Faculty of Medicine of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and to study the common areas of concern in the educational environment. A cross-sectional study was conducted in November 2018 among all the fourth-year undergraduate medical students of session 2018/2019 in the Faculty of Medicine of UKM using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire. A total of 114 (72.61%) respondents had completed the questionnaire. The mean global score of UKM (136.14) was higher than the mean global score of UKM-Universitas Padjadjaran (UKM-UNPAD) (128.74). UKM also noted to have a higher total mean score for all the five subscales than UKM-UNPAD. The highest percentage score was observed in the subscale of Students’ Perception of Learning (SPoL) for UKM (71.89%) and UKM-UNPAD (68.56%). On the other hand, the lowest percentage score was observed among the UKM (62.57%) and UKM-UNPAD (60.04%) respondents in the subscale of Students’ Social Self-Perception (SSSP). Overall, all students across these two main academic programmes perceived the educational environment in UKM positively. However, there are still aspects of the educational environment that could be improved. The existing programmes and academic modules are subjected to rigorous evaluation to be able to meet the medical students’ requirements.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Nurun Nahar ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Md Tafazzal Hossain Khan ◽  
Tahmina Nargis ◽  
Shegufta Mohammad ◽  
...  

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


2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 643-647
Author(s):  
Shumaila Irum ◽  
Muhammad Zafar Iqbal ◽  
Fatima Naumeri

The primary success of educational environment heavily depends upon benefits to learners and this further facilitates the learning processing. The most commonly used tool, to measure it, is Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the perceptions of medical students in pre-clinical years about educational environment in a public sector medical college of Pakistan and to compare the DREEM scores with previous published scores. Material and Methods: The DREEM questionnaire was conducted on undergraduate medical students (n=300) of Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan, during the month of June 2015. Results: Two eighty-six (n=286) of the 300 students (95.33%) completed the questionnaire. Analysisof these subjected indicated a total mean score of 113.68. Mean for students’ perception of learning was 26.65±10.235, mean for students’ perceptions of teachers was 26.63±10.177. On the other hands, the mean scores for students’ academic self-perception, students’ perception of the atmosphere, and students’ social self-perception were 17.17±6.73, 26.89±10.89, and 16.34±6.70, respectively. Conclusion: Although DREEM scores showed improvement from previously published scores of same medical college, it also highlighted the areas needing further improvement.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohith Motappa ◽  
Malavika Sachith ◽  
Pracheth R

Abstract BackgroundWith the implementation of lockdown and all students restricted to their houses, medical education has shifted towards the online mode. The objective of this study was to assess stress during the pandemic and the association between stress and involvement in online classes among students of a medical college in Mangalore, Karnataka, South India.MethodologyA cross-sectional study was conducted among 324 undergraduate students at a medical college in Mangalore, Karnataka, South India. The extent of stress was assessed using a perceived stress scale (PSS), and a questionnaire was used to identify different stressors and to understand the participant’s involvement in online classes. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.ResultsIn this study, the mean perceived stress score was 21.66 ± 4. Moderate stress was observed in 262 (85%) students. The main stressors noted were inability to focus (173 (56.4%)) and fear of exams (153 (49.8%)). A significant association was noted between stress and involvement in online classes.ConclusionThis study thereby highlights the need for more attention to the various stressors among students and for making online classes student friendly.


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 ◽  
...  

<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>


2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 496-504
Author(s):  
Hafiza Arzuman ◽  
Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz ◽  
Mohamed Magdi Elsersi ◽  
Md Nurul Islam ◽  
Sareemini Sarawana Kumar ◽  
...  

Background: Educational environment is one of the important elements to students’ success. Student satisfaction is a significant indicator of learning quality and is related to several outcomeObjective: The cross-sectional descriptive study was done to measure the preclinical medical students’ perception of their educational environment at Faculty of Medicine (FOM), SEGi University.Methods: For measuring perception, the validated fifty Items English version of Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was administered among Year 1 and 2 students (N-170). Data was analyzed by SPSS software V 22. The Independent t test was used to check the significance at 95% CI.Results: The response rate of the study was good (90.6%). The mean DREEM score was 126.78/200(19.501) indicating an overall positive perception of educational environment among students. The mean scores for Year1 and 2 were 123.98/200(2.623) and128.17/200(1.952) respectively which is not statistically significant (p> 0.05). Students’ perceptions of educational environment in all five Domains of DREEM is positive. The year wise perception scores are not statistically significant in four Domains (p> 0.05) but the difference is significant (P<0.05) in Students’Social Self- Perception (SSSP). Item 2 (Teachers are knowledgeable) scored > 3.00 indicates strong and nine Items scored < 2.00 indicate the problem areas in the educational environment of FOM. Fourty Items scored 2-3 considered areas needed to be improved.Conclusion: Although the educational environment of FOM was found to be positive, it requires improvement as identified by the students. The faculty should address various important issues highlighted by the students to foster an excellent environment for promoting the effective learning.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(4) 2017 p.496-504


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Harjot Kaur Pabla ◽  
Rakesh Mohanty ◽  
Surjeet Sahoo

Background: Psychiatry in recent years has seen a lot of progress especially in the areas of neurobiology, neuroimaging and social sciences. To ensure proper care of psychiatric patients, young, passionate and open-minded doctors are definitely the need of the hour. Psychiatry has been included as a subject in final year MBBS students’ curriculum. Aims: To compare the attitude of the first and final year undergraduate MBBS students towards psychiatry. Methods: This is a cross-sectional analytical study conducted with the undergraduate students of first year and final year MBBS. “The pro forma enlisting the details of the demographic data and Attitude Towards Psychiatry scale (ATP-30) was given out to each participant after taking informed consent. “The qualitative data were depicted in terms of percentages and the quantitative data were expressed in terms of Mean + SD. The statistics were done using IBM SPSS 20V. Results: The mean ATP-30 score that was found to be higher for final year MBBS students (114.48+10.084) than first year students (83.93+11.083) although it was statistically insignificant (p=.117). Two item questionnaire, “Psychiatric patients are often more interesting to work with than other patients” and “It is quite easy for me to accept the efficacy of psychotherapy” had a higher mean score for final year students than the first year students that was significant statistically. Conclusion: Our study suggests the requirement to revise the current curriculum of psychiatry training imparted to the undergraduate students. Strategies like attitudinal interventions and de-stigmatization must be more focused.


Author(s):  
Jihane Belayachi ◽  
Rachid Razine ◽  
Amina Boufars ◽  
Asma Saadi ◽  
Naoufal Madani ◽  
...  

This study aimed to assess students’ perceptions of their educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, in which medical students’ perceptions of their educational environment were assessed using the DREEM criteria during the 2013-2014 academic years. The DREEM inventory encompasses 50 items divided into five subdomains: perceptions of learning, perceptions of teaching, academic self-perceptions, perceptions of atmosphere, and social self-perceptions. The DREEM has a maximum score of 200, which would correspond to a perfect educational environment. The mean scores (±standard deviation) of students’ responses were compared according to their year of study and gender. The responses of 189 postgraduate medical students were included. The mean total DREEM score was 90.8 (45.4%). The mean total scores for five subdomains were 21.2/48 (44.2%), 21.8/44 (49.6%), 13.1/32 (40.9%), 19.0/48 (39.6%), and 15.6/28 (55.7%) respectively. Female students reported higher perceptions of teaching scores than males (P=0.002), and students in their fifth year of study reported significantly higher social self-perceptions scores than those in their fourth year (P=0.03). In this study of the oldest faculty of medicine in Morocco, students perceived the educational environment as having many problems.


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