Perception of Learning Environment Among Medical Students in a Government Medical College- Kerala

Abstract

BACKGROUNDLearning environment in any medical school is found to be important in determining students' academic success. But one deterrent factor has been the lack of students' perceptions about the educational atmosphere in their institution. This study was undertaken to compare the perceptions of preclinical (year 1), paraclinical (year 3) and clinical phase (year 5) students regarding the learning environment at Government medical college, Alappuzha in Kerala and also to identify the gender wise differences in their perception using DREEM (Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure).