Students' perceptions of learning environment in an Indian medical school

Abraham, Reem Rachel; Ramnarayan, K; Vinod, P; Torke, Sharmila

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“…36 Creating a more accessible support system may help in diminishing the number of students who fail courses and the attrition rate. Similar to many other cohorts of students, 16,31,39,40,44 the overall perception of the cohorts in this study was that teachers were too authoritarian. This may be a manifestation of the "older type" of senior teacher who teaches by experience rather than by direction and may indicate that some teachers are still using conventional methods.…”

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“…15,16,29,38,40,44 However, with individual items, there were statistical differences between female and male students for three items. Women perceived the items "the enjoyment outweighs the stress of studying chiropractic" and "my accommodation is pleasant" with higher negativity than males.…”

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“…Similar item-related gender differences were found by other research groups. 40,44 However, it is difficult to execute a comparative analysis because this issue is highly dependent on local context, cultural differences, and unrecognized confounding factors.…”

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Perception of Educational Environment Among Undergraduate Students in a Chiropractic Training Institution

Palmgren¹,

Chandratilake

2011

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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Per J. Palmgren, RC, MMedEd, Scandinavian College of Chiropractic, and Madawa Chandratilake, MBBS, MMedEd, University of Dundee Purpose: The impact of the educational environment in student learning is well documented. However, there is a scarcity in the literature exploring the educational environment in chiropractic training institutions. This study aimed to identify the perceived educational environment in a chiropractic training institution and the possible perceptual differences among different demographic groups. Methods: The perceived educational environment was surveyed using Dundee Ready Education Environment (DREEM), which is a validated, selfadministered, and Likert-type inventory. DREEM items focus on subdomains related to learning, teachers, selfconfidence, academic atmosphere, and social environment. The results were analyzed and interpreted in relation to standard norms of DREEM and demographic variables. Results: The survey was completed by 124 chiropractic undergraduate students (response rate 83%). Statistically, the inventory items showed high correlation and the subdomains showed a close relationship. Overall the DREEM score was very high: 156.1/200 (78%). The subdomain scores were also at very high levels. However, the scoring of four items by students was consistently poor: lack of a support system for stressed students, 1.8 (SD 1.1); authoritarian teachers, 1.8 (SD 1.2); inadequate school time-tabling, 2.0 (SD 1.1); and overemphasis on factual learning, 2.0 (SD 1.0). There were no statistically significant differences in DREEM scores between gender, age, minority, and ethnicity groups. Conclusions: In general, students perceived that a sound educational environment is fostered by the institution and its educational program for all students despite their demographic variations. However, certain specific elements of the educational process may need to be addressed to improve the educational experience. (J Chiropr Educ 2011:25(2):151-163)

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Perception of Educational Environment Among Undergraduate Students in a Chiropractic Training Institution

Palmgren¹,

Chandratilake

2011

Journal of Chiropractic Education

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“…The total DREEM domain score was higher for first year students than students receiving clinical teaching (Abraham et al, 2008) according to a study done in an Indian school. In some of the areas surveyed by the DREEM inventory, the first year students might not have been too sure how to respond to the survey, although that might have simply meant that the first year students were not yet too stressed from their studies.…”

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Educational environment of nursing undergraduates in University of Ruhuna: effect of gender

Hettiarachchi

2013

J. Univ. Ruhuna

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A considerable increase in male admission into the nursing profession demands a better understanding of gender influences on nursing education and practice. This research explores how male and female nursing students perceive the new educational environment created by the curriculum introduced for B.Sc. Nursing Degree programme in the University of Ruhuna. Prospective study using the already validated Dundee Ready Education Environment (DREEM) questionnaire was administered to all B.Sc. Nursing undergraduates enrolled in academic years 2008/9 (first batch) and 2009/10 (second batch), respectively. The DREEM questionnaire, consists of 50 items each having a scoring range of 0-4 Likert type scale, was completed by 55 nursing students. Mean±SD DREEM scores were 112.0±15.6 and 106.90±1.54 for the male and female nursing undergraduates (p=0.22), respectively, indicating relative satisfaction with the perceived environment.The academic self-perceptions of male undergraduates fall more towards the positive side (mean score of 19.50±2.27) and that of females (mean score of 17.16±3.52; p=0.005) fall towards the negative side. The social self-perception of females of the first batch of nursing students was significantly low (mean score =13.65) when compared with that of females of the second batch of students (mean score =15.40; p=0.02). The male students of the second batch were having overall higher perception (mean score of 118.2) when compared with females of the same batch (mean score of 107.8; p=0.06). This study identifies the issues pertaining to the perception of learning and academic self-perception in the nursing programme. Further, use of DREEM as a monitoring tool would be useful to re-evaluate the environment for appropriate intervention.

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“…[7] Abraham et al and Kiran and Gowdappa reported DREEM scores as 117/200 and 121.5/200, respectively, from other parts of India. [8,9] The DREEM scores have been calculated from medical schools globally. Roff et al calculated DREEM score among Nigerian and Nepali students and the score was 118/200 and 130/200, respectively.…”

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A rapid appraisal of educational environment of an evolving medical school in northern India

Naik¹,

Singh²

2017

Int J Med Sci Public Health

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Students' perceptions of learning environment in an Indian medical school

Cited by 140 publications

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Perception of Educational Environment Among Undergraduate Students in a Chiropractic Training Institution

Perception of Educational Environment Among Undergraduate Students in a Chiropractic Training Institution

Educational environment of nursing undergraduates in University of Ruhuna: effect of gender

A rapid appraisal of educational environment of an evolving medical school in northern India

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