Reassessment of the undergraduate educational environment in College of Medicine, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

DREEM helped pinpoint areas of change in students' perception regarding many aspects of the educational environment. It also helped to identify areas that are still in need of improvement by the college's administration and staff. DREEM inventory can be used to monitor change over time in the educational environment.

Reassessing the educational environment among undergraduate students in a chiropractic training institution: A study over time

“…Moreover, the analysis of individual items showed a significant reduction in perceptions of the quality of feedback, teachers becoming irritated during teaching, teacher centeredness, and the atmosphere during seminars. Similar findings have been reported by others 19,30,52 and might be regarded as implicit evidence that teachers are inclined toward traditional ways of teaching and are uncomfortable with their new roles.…”

“…21,56 Young students' happiness in relation to entering adult life and taking up higher education studies could explain the initial high scores, and it seems intuitively plausible that the scores would rise again as students approach the culmination of a long educational program. In contrast, in a recent comparative study over time, Mojaddidi et al 30 reported that the scores of clinicalphase students regarding their perception of the educational environment were higher than those of preclinicalphase students. They argued that this was most likely an indication of change in the educational environment over time.…”

“…They found that the perception of the educational environment could remain high during ongoing curricular reform. Mojaddidi et al 30 reassessed the perceptions of medical students using the DREEM inventory 3 years after their original study to identify changes in attitudes over time. They found problematic areas in the educational environment and suggested that these should be specifically targeted with remedial measures.…”

“…There is empirical evidence that extrinsic modifications and remediation of the educational environment, as well as intrinsic vicissitudes such as students' time spent in a training institution, may alter perceptions of this environment. 11,19,30 In this study, the overarching research question was ''How do chiropractic students perceive their educational environment over a 3-year period?'' An understanding of the temporal component of the environment-how it changes or is perceived to change over time-can help facilitate the development of educational environments that are apt for health care professional students.…”

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

“…Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 0-4 where 0= strongly disagree, 1= disagree, 2= unsure, 3= agree, and 4= strongly agree. There are nine negative items (items 4,8,9,17,25,35,39,48, and 50), for which correction was made by reversing the scores; thus, after correction, higher scores indicated disagreement with that item. Items with a mean score of ≥ 3.5 are considered as true positive points; those with a mean of ≤ 2 are problem areas; scores in between these two limits indicate aspects of the environment that could be enhanced.…”