The educational environment of a traditional public school of medicine in Brazil with the DREEM questionnaire

Abstract

Introduction: The educational environment (EE) of medical education is the set of factors of a material and affective nature that permeates the tripod formed by the educational institution, by the teacher and by the student. A healthy environment results in quality learning and, consequently, a professional with a higher level of competence and satisfaction. Objectives: To analyze the educational environment of a medical school public university in Brazil in the view of its students and to investigate the presence of association between the sociodemographic variables of the students and their perceptions about the EE. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study with medical students from four different periods of the course, using the questionnaire DREEM and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Results: 210 students participated. Although DREEM's overall score shows that students have a more positive rather than negative view of EE in general, there was a large discrepancy in results among the groups surveyed, indicating that the more students progress in the medical course, the more negative your view on the educational environment. The perception about the general teaching environment and social relations was negative in the four groups. Female students, white, and those who lived outside Rio de Janeiro before attending in medical school perceived EE more negatively. The perception of EE by students who entered the system of racial or social quotas and those who did not join the quota system was similar. Conclusion: the analysis of the educational environment the students' dissatisfaction with the traditional Flexnerian models. Low-income, self-declared non-white and female students experience more problems and negative

Evaluation of learning environment among Nursing undergraduates in state universities, Sri Lanka

“…However, male undergraduates was observed the higher mean DREEM score in the present study while female was observed the higher mean score in the public school of medicine, Brazil. Additionally, factors such as age and monthly income were the other associated factors which were not signi cant in the present study [22]. Similar to the present study, the Indian and Canadian studies revealed that the lower DREEM score was observed among female when compared to male undergraduates [23,24].…”

Evaluation of learning environment among Nursing undergraduates in state universities, Sri Lanka

“…Furthermore, clinical learning environment plays a significant role in nursing education and the main attribute characteristics were physical space, psychosocial and interaction factors, organizational culture and, teaching and learning components [8]. Fernandes et al, [9] stated that age, gender and monthly income were associated with learning environment. The Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) was developed by Dundee University, UK is used to measure the learning environment across the globe [10].…”

Science students perceptions of the learning environment in Science degree programs

“…Second, the DREEM questionnaire (15) was used to collect data regarding the perceptions of the participants. The DREEM questionnaire (see Table 1 for detailed information) consisted of 50 items and five dimensions that have been adopted/adapted into several languages and have been used in numerous educational environments around the world including pharmacy, nutrition, dentistry, chiropractic, and education (19,(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) . A five-point Likert scale was used to measure each item of the DREEM questionnaire: (0) Strongly disagree, (1) Disagree, (2) Neutral, (3) Agree, and (4) Strongly agree.…”