PERCEPTION ABOUT EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AMONG 1ST YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS AT GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE IN NORTH COASTAL ANDHRA PRADESH - A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY.

Abstract

Background: A Educational environment can play a major role in the teaching learning process. In Competency Based Medical Education, there is a shift to student centred learning . Hence this study is being taken up to gain insights into students views on the teaching, learning, and learning environment. Using the Dundee Re Methods : ady Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive study at the Andhra Medical College in Visakhapatnam. The undergraduate rst-year students (n = 250) were given the DREEM inventory. We measured how students felt about learning, about their teachers, about themselves academically, about the environment, and about themselves socially. The results were presented as mean (standard deviation) and analysed using an independent t-test. Results:The mean score of overall DREEM questionnaire is 128.01±14.77and among males it is 127.39±15.45 and in females it is 128.82±14.20. Indicates more postives than negatives.Students perception of educational environment was good. Recent changes in teaching, learning, methodol Conclusion: ogy under CBME may have contributed to higher scores as compared.Teachers, surrounding environment, atmosphere should be moving towards excellence