scholarly journals Perceptions of undergraduate medical students regarding the Educational Environment: A Baseline study.

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Saadia Shahzad
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Study Data ◽  
T Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Residential Status

Background: Perception regarding the educational environment in an institute is related to various factors like motivation, satisfaction, and effective learning of medical students. Objective: To determine undergraduate medical students’ perceptions of 1st – final year class, regarding the educational environment in their institute. Methodology: Descriptive cross-sectional study conducted at a private Medical and Dental College in Lahore; during the time period of July 19-Oct 19. A sample of 375 was taken, equally divided among all five classes and across gender & Purposive sampling was applied. The data collection instrument was DREEM Questionnaire. Socio-demographic and variables of DREEM were included in the study. Data was analyzed on SPSS 20 planned as 1) Descriptive statistics, mean and standard deviation for all categories, frequency trends will be noted for total and subunit scores of DREEM 2) Independent sample t-test will be applied to identify gender and residential status-related difference in all subcategories and total score of DREEM 3) ANOVA will be applied to identify variation among all five classes. Results: 163 male and 203 female students participated. DREEM total mean score was 118.44±19.41, and 299(81.7%) had responded to it to be more positive than negative. Independent sample t-test found a significant P-value <0.05 with gender & residential status for total as well as subunit domains of DREEM. One-way ANOVA again showed significant P-values <0.05 for total as well as subunit domains of DREEM. Conclusion: Assessment of the educational environment should be conducted on regular basis as per policy in order to have a successful environment. This will in turn be beneficial for the students as well as the institution in a timely manner; and will definitely help in improving the teaching and learning environment in the institution by taking the necessary actions in weaker areas. Keywords: Educational environment, DREEM, undergraduate, medical student

scholarly journals Evaluation of integrated teaching among undergraduate medical students: A step towards competency-based medical education.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 452-455
Author(s):  
Dr. Rajesh Gupta ◽  
◽  
Dr. Sameer Sathe ◽  
Dr. Mukesh Pandey ◽  
Dr. Abhishek Mehta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
T Test ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Learning Gain ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Paired T Test

Background: Didactic lectures are one of the most widely used teaching methods in Indian MedicalColleges. An integrated approach can make medical teaching more interesting and skill-oriented tothe faculty as well as students. Aim & Objective: To evaluate integrated teaching in medicaleducation assessing existing knowledge of medical students' inappropriate breastfeeding practices.Methodology: This was an observational cross-sectional study. Participants were second phasemedical students. The sharing method of integrated teaching was used involving the Department ofAnatomy, Physiology, and Pediatrics. Students were evaluated for their knowledge on the topicbefore and after the integrated teaching session through a predesigned pre-validated MCQs basedquestionnaire. Feedback of students was taken on Likert’s scale. The analysis was done using aStudent paired t-test. Results: A total of 63 students were assessed for the topic with pretest andpost-test. Student Paired t-test showed extremely statistically significant two-tailed P-value (<0.0001). 76% (n= 48) of students were strongly agreed with such integrated teaching sessions.55.5% (n=35) strongly felt its usefulness and 95% (n=60) agreed about the conduction of suchmore sessions in the future too. Conclusion: Statistically significant absolute learning gain wasobserved for integrated teaching. Integrated teaching has been appreciated and accepted byundergraduate medical students to improve their learning.

scholarly journals EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT;

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (08) ◽  
pp. 1270-1276
Author(s):  
Rizwana Kamran ◽  
Mohamed Al-Eraky ◽  
Faisal Izhaar ◽  
Khalid Mahmood Anjum
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Operating Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical Undergraduates ◽  
Study Setting

Objectives: To measure the perceptions of medical students on the learningenvironment in surgical theater of FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan.Study Design: Teaching hospital-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Fatima MemorialHospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, Pakistan. Period: January 2017 to June2017. Methods: The Mini-Surgical Theater Educational Environment Measure (mini-STEEM)(thirteen items from the STEEM inventory) was used to measure perceptions of medicalstudents on the learning environment in surgical theater. Mini-STEEM was administered tomedical students of fourth and final year during their rotation in surgical theater at FMH Collegeof Medicine and Dentistry. Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 20 was used for non-parametricstatistical analysis. Results: Questionnaire was filled by all 134 students, with a response rate of100%. The mini-STEEM was shown to be a reliable tool to measure overall learning environmentin the surgical theater of FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry. The overall mini-STEEM meanscore was 37.66 which was below the midpoint score (39). Students’ ratings were low for twosubscales, namely: ‘Atmosphere’ and ‘Operating experience. Discrimination subscale showedhigh ratings as no significant differences of perceptions were found between male and femaleparticipants. Conclusion: The medical undergraduates perceived the educational environmentwithin the surgical theater of FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry below satisfactory. Resultsof the study implied that the environment required multiple measures for improvement in thesurgical theater to promote surgical education in undergraduate medical students.

scholarly journals Medical Students' Perception of the Educational Environment in a Gender-Segregated Undergraduate Program

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Atwa ◽  
Rania Alkhadragy ◽  
Adel Abdelaziz
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Scholastic Achievement ◽  
Self Perception ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The environment where education takes place is essential for students’ engagement and motivation. This study aimed at assessing students’ perception of their educational environment at a private medical college and the influence of gender, among other factors, on it. Objectives: The study assessed the students’ perception of their learning environment, determined the gender effect on environment perception, and examined the correlation between different study variables. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study on 340 undergraduate medical students at a private college with gender-segregated programs. The Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) was used to determine the students' perception of their learning environment. This was correlated with a set of variables, including gender and educational achievement as indicated by students' GPA. Results: The overall DREEM score was ‘more positive than negative’ (114.39/200). The scores of subscales were towards the positive side. This was evident in the perception of learning (26.64/48), perception of teaching (26.36/44), perception of the atmosphere (26.51/48), academic self-perception (19.54/32), and social self-perception (15.33/28). Conclusions: There were statistically significant differences between the perceptions of males and females in both the overall DREEM scale (females: 117.59/200 and males: 111.18/200) and three of the subscales. Female students perceived their learning environment more positively. Moreover, satisfaction with the learning environment was correlated with scholastic achievement. In addition, the more positively perceived learning environment could explain higher scholastic achievement in female students than in male students.

scholarly journals Perception of 1 MBBS students about educational environment through ‘DREEM’ questionnaire

2022 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Atul R Rukadikar ◽  
Charushila Rukadikar ◽  
Nitesh Jaiswal
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Medical Education Program

In an undergraduate (UG) medical education program, the educational environment is a critical factor of effective outcomes. Because it is a proven approach for this assessment in medical schools, the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) was employed in this study.1. To assess the student’s perception of the educational environment using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire among 1st-year undergraduate medical students. 2. To identify the strengths and weaknesses in student’s educational environment.A cross-sectional study was carried out among first-year medical students. To obtain student perceptions of the educational environment, a widely accepted DREEM questionnaire was employed. The DREEM questionnaire is divided into five sections, each of which has 50 statements that are rated on a five-point Likert scale (0–4). The questionnaire was distributed to consented individuals (n=150) after receiving ethical approval. The filled questions were collected and statistically evaluated. The data were presented as mean and standard deviation, frequency, and percentages. The responses were analyzed and interpreted using McAleer and Roff's practical recommendations.There was a 100% response rate. The average DREEM score was 124.9 ± 50 (62.46%). Among the five DREEM dimensions, students' perceptions of learning received the highest score (65.63%), while students' perceptions of the environment received the lowest (59.31 %).Statements “I have good friends in this college”, “My social life is good” and “I am confident about passing this year” scored ≥ 3 of 4 points.“A more positive than negative perception,” according to the total mean DREEM score. Student confidence, social life, instructor knowledge, encouragement to participate in a teaching session, teacher preparedness, and having excellent friends on campus received the most positive answers. However, there is space for development in areas where there is a lack of expertise, such as student ennui and creative teaching.

scholarly journals Perception of Undergraduate Medical Students on Educational Environment

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
Nurul Husna Ahmad Rahman ◽  
Mohammad Arif Kamaruddin ◽  
Mohd Nasri Awang Besar ◽  
Mohamad Nurman Yaman
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Global Score ◽  
Social Self ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Percentage Score ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
The Mean

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.

scholarly journals A study on knowledge and practice of road safety among medical students of S.N. Medical College, Karnataka

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 1993
Author(s):  
Manjula R. ◽  
Vijaylaxmi B. H. ◽  
Ashok S. Dorle
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Road Traffic Crashes ◽  
Medical College

Background: Globally 1.25 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death among young people, aged 15–29 years. 90% of the world's fatalities on the roads occur in low- and middle-income countries. Aims and objectives: to know the socio- demographic profile and knowledge, attitude and practice among medical students in S.N. Medical College Bagalkot.Methods: A cross sectional study. Study was conducted from March-June 2016. Data collected from 90 undergraduate medical students after obtaining informed consent. It was semi- structured questionnaire. Results: Good knowledge was seen among 74 (82.2%) of the participants. Majority had good attitude 80 (88.9%) about RTA. But the good practice is seen only among 53 (58.9%) and 37 (41.1%) have poor practice among participants. Gender is statistically significant with knowledge (p value-0.015). Conclusions: The knowledge didn’t translate into practice. Hence laws should be made stringent.

scholarly journals Internal medicine clerkship amidst COVID-19 pandemic: clinical learning experience of undergraduate medical students at Makerere University, Uganda: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Bongomin ◽  
Ronald Olum ◽  
Lydia Nakiyingi ◽  
Lalitha Rejani ◽  
Isaac Ssinabulya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Clinical Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medicine Clerkship ◽  
Internal Medicine Clerkship

ABSTRACTBackgroundThe coronavirus-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impose a significant impact on medical education. We aimed to describe the clinical learning experience of undergraduate medical students undertaking internal medicine clerkship during the COVID-19 pandemic at Makerere University, Uganda.MethodsA descriptive, cross-sectional study among medical students in clinical years of study pursuing the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery undergraduate degree program was conducted in November 2020. Only 3rd (junior clerks) and 5th (senior clerks) year medical students whose internal medicine clerkships were interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic were studied.ResultsData of 188 (95%) eligible clinical year students; junior (101, 54.0%) and senior (86, 46.0%) were analysed. Median age was 24 (range: 22-42) years. Majority (70.1%) were male and Ugandan nationals (94.1%). Sixty-four (30.3%) students reported inadequate personal protective equipment, 152 (81.7%) felt at risk of contracting COVID-19, and 127 (67.9%) said it was difficult to observe COVID-19 standard operating procedures. Twenty-two students (11.9%) were discouraged from pursuing a career in internal medicine. Overall, most students reported good or excellent clinical experience pre-COVID-19 era compared to during the COVID-19 era (4.0 vs. 3.5, p<0.0001). Senior clerks significantly believed that the time allocated for the rotation was adequate (p<0.0001) and they were able to complete their study objectives (p<0.001), compared to the junior clerks. Senior clerks believed that learning was difficult when combined with junior clerks (p=0.013). About half of the students (51.4%, n=95) reported clinical teaching should remain as it was in the pre-COVID-19 era.ConclusionsThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a significantly negative effect on the clinical learning experience of the students. There is need to review the current teaching and learning methods to suit teaching and learning during pandemics of highly infectious diseases to ensure safe and effective learning experience.HighlightsNearly half of the medical students reported a negative clinical learning experience during their internal medicine clerkship in the COVID-19 pandemic.Over two-thirds of the participants expressed that it was difficult to observe COVID-19 prevention standard operating procedures during their clinical rotations.Over 80% of the medical students felt at risk of contracting COVID-19 during their clinical rotation.About one-third of the medical students reported inadequacy in personal protective equipment like masks during their rotation.

scholarly journals Perception of Medical Students Towards COVID-19 Outbreak and Movement Control Order (MCO) in Malaysia and Impact on Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mogesh Sababathy ◽  
Aida Hani Mohd Kalok ◽  
Abdul Muzhill Hannaan Abdul Hafizz ◽  
Shalisah Sharip ◽  
Zulkifli Md Zainud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Control Measure ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Modes Of Transmission ◽  
Control Order

Abstract Background: A Movement Control Order (MCO) was imposed as a control measure to curb the spread of COVID-19 virus in Malaysia, eventually led to the closing of all public premises including educational institutions nationwide. The purpose of this study is to offer an understanding of undergraduate medical students’ perception towards the occurrence of COVID-19 pandemic, the implementation of MCO and their impacts on education. Methods: A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data from 772 medical students over 2 weeks in September 2020 through an online self-reported survey. Results: In total, 80% of the participants were aware about the COVID-19 outbreak ranging from the modes of transmission, global and local scenario of the pandemic, its seriousness and measures to break the chain of transmission. Conclusions: Majority of them agreed on the implementation of MCO in the country, however it’s reported to have caused psychological and physical distress in various degrees. The present finding also provides evidence of a high prevalence of anxiety and worriness in regard to the teaching and learning process during the MCO and agreed that online teaching is not as effective as face-to-face teaching.

scholarly journals Measuring the Stressors in Undergraduate Medical Students: A Cross Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Sadiq ◽  
Muhammad Furqan Ashraf ◽  
Paris Zakaullah ◽  
Ammara Asghar
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
Academic Year

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and measure the possible potential stressors among undergraduate medical students and explore the correlation of stress with gender and level of academic year. Methodology: This was a cross sectional, questionnaire-based study to identify and measure possible stressors in undergraduate medical students. This study was conducted from 1stAugust 2016 to 1st September 2016 at Independent Medical College, Faisalabad. A sample size of 243 was calculated using openepi; with a confidence level of 97%. The Medical Student Stressor Questionnaire (MSSQ) was used in this study, which is a validated instrument to identify sources of stress. The items in MSSQ represent 20 possible sources of stress in medical students identified from the literature grouped into six main factors as Academic Related Stressor (ARS), Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Related Stressor (IRS), Teaching and Learning Related Stressor (TLRS), Social Related Stressor (SRS), Drive and Desire Related Stressor (DRS), and Group Activities Related Stressor (GARS). Analysis of data is done using SPSS version 20. Descriptive analysis of levels of stress in all six main factor domains was done, stratified by gender variation and level of academic years and presented as frequency & percentages of subjects having that level of stress. Reliability analysis was also performed to determine the reliability of the MSSQ questionnaire for any demographic variations. Findings: Study proved that the major source of stress experienced by the students was related to academics that was represented by ARS factor, showing the highest mean degree off 2. 0453.Females perceive more stress than males in all domains but no significant correlation found on statistical analysis. Level of academic related stress remains same in all levels of academic years whereas IRS, DRS, TLRS, GARS, SRS related stress levels shows progressive reduction from first year to final year. Implication: Academics related stress is the leading cause of stress in undergraduate medical students, followed by stress related to interpersonal and intrapersonal factors.

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