Open AccessAssessment of Medical Students’ Perception Regarding Educational Environment at Different Phases of Medical Education in a Tertiary Centre Medical College using Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) Questionnaire
Author(s) -
Siddhartha Dutta,
Bhavisha N Vegada,
Nitishkumar Dhirajlal Tank,
Jaykaran Charan,
Neeti Rustagi,
Sneha Ambwani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2022.v72i01.010
Subject(s) - perception , psychology , observational study , descriptive statistics , medical education , learning environment , medicine , mathematics education , statistics , mathematics , neuroscience
The educational environment in a medical school is a crucial component in a student's learning and is also important in thedevelopment of personality, behavior, and work ethics. The objective of the study was to assess the perception of the educationalenvironment among medical students. An observational cross-sectional study conducted on second, fourth, sixth, eighth semestersand interns. Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory was used as study tool which contains 50 items andis subdivided into five domain subscales: students’ perceptions of learning (SPoL); students’ perceptions of teachers (SPoT); students’academic self-perception (SASP); students’ perceptions of the atmosphere (SPoA); and students' social self-perception (SSSP). Datawere presented as Mean+/-SD and analyzed using descriptive statistics. A total of 449 undergraduates of age group 18 to 25 yearsparticipated, the majority were males (72.6%) and studied from private (82%) and English medium schools (75%) without anyadditional qualifications (99.6%). The mean total DREEM score±SD was 130.85±19.24 and there was a significant difference betweenmales and females (p=0.029). The mean total subscale scores (SD) were: SPoL=33.37(5.89), SPoT=27.95(3.98), SASP=21.41(4.47),SPoA=30.15(5.78) and SSSP=17.97(3.20). The mean total DREEM score ± SD of the fourth semester (134.45±19.02) was highest andthe eighth semester (125.71±21.55) was the lowest and there was a significant difference between scores of varioussemesters(p=0.016). On analyzing the total DREEM score, 61 students had scores in 'excellent', 363 in 'more positive than negative',and 25 in the 'plenty of problems’ category. The educational environment perceived by the medical undergraduates more positivethan negative. The study findings would help modify the learning environment and curriculum.