Assessing the Learning Environment for Medical Students: An Evaluation of a Novel Survey Instrument in Four Medical Schools

Abstract

The C-Change Medical Student Survey is a practical, reliable, and valid instrument for assessing the learning environment of medical students. Because it is sensitive to changes over time and differences across institution, results could potentially be used to facilitate and monitor improvements in the learning environment of medical students.

Assessing the Culture of Residency Using the C - Change Resident Survey: Validity Evidence in 34 U.S. Residency Programs

“…The study is a foundational step to foster improvement in residency programs. This study of the culture for residents complements similar efforts focused on medical students 20 and faculty, and prior studies by researchers addressing residents' distress and workload.…”

“…The content validity of the CRS is demonstrated by well-written questions that adequately represent the dimensions measured, similar to findings in the parallel validated faculty and medical student surveys. 20,21 Thus, we are optimistic that the instrument can facilitate the mission of improving resident well-being, of educating fully competent physicians and surgeons, and helping to address the ACGME's focus on professionalism and the clinical learning environment.…”

How can we characterize medical simulation environment as a specific type of medical environment?

“…Many authors have already been interested in studying the in uence of the educational environment on the learning process and a few scales have been developed, for example, the DREEM scale, the JHLES scale, the MSLES scale and others (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). The comparison of these tools is shown in Table 1.…”

The effect of speed and precaution technique on postpartum bleeding among midwifery students in the clinical field

“…Successful professors and instructors are those who engage students in the curriculum. [ 2 3 ] In this regard, the development of clinical skills of nursing and midwifery students is a critical part of nursing and midwifery educational program, and provision of a sufficient opportunity to gain experience on obtaining the necessary professional qualification is very important. Instructors are constantly trying to identify, compare, and apply different teaching and learning methods for effective and efficient education to train specialized and competent students.…”