Preclinical medical students perception about their educational environment based on DREEM at a Private University, Malaysia

Hafiza Arzuman,Md Nurul Islam,Mohamed Magdi Elsersi,Mohammad Nazmul Hasan Maziz,Muhamad Daniel Bin Mohd Jainuri,Saquib Ahmad Khan,Sareemini Sarawana Kumar

doi:10.3329/bjms.v16i4.33601

Abstract

Background: Educational environment is one of the important elements to students success. Student satisfaction is a significant indicator of learning quality and is related to several outcomeObjective: The cross-sectional descriptive study was done to measure the preclinical medical students perception of their educational environment at Faculty of Medicine (FOM), SEGi University.Methods: For measuring perception, the validated fifty Items English version of Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was administered among Year 1 and 2 students (N-170). Data was analyzed by SPSS software V 22. The Independent t test was used to check the significance at 95% CI.Results: The response rate of the study was good (90.6%). The mean DREEM score was 126.78/200(19.501) indicating an overall positive perception of educational environment among students. The mean scores for Year1 and 2 were 123.98/200(2.623) and128.17/200(1.952) respectively which is not statistically significant (p> 0.05). Students perceptions of educational environment in all five Domains of DREEM is positive. The year wise perception scores are not statistically significant in four Domains (p> 0.05) but the difference is significant (P<0.05) in StudentsSocial Self- Perception (SSSP). Item 2 (Teachers are knowledgeable) scored > 3.00 indicates strong and nine Items scored < 2.00 indicate the problem areas in the educational environment of FOM. Fourty Items scored 2-3 considered areas needed to be improved.Conclusion: Although the educational environment of FOM was found to be positive, it requires improvement as identified by the students. The faculty should address various important issues highlighted by the students to foster an excellent environment for promoting the effective learning.Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol.16(4) 2017 p.496-504

Highlights

The educational environment of an institution incorporates teaching learning methods, assessment, physical facilities, psychosocial, financial and many other elements that are experienced by students and different stake holders in a learning establishment
The aim of our research was to measure the perception of preclinical medical students about their educational environment especially in the areas of learning experiences, teacher, academic self-perception, their atmosphere and social self-perception at Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University at Kota Damansara campus
Out of 170 students 154 students responded to the questionnaire giving a response rate of 90.6% for this study

Summary

Introduction

The educational environment of an institution incorporates teaching learning methods, assessment, physical facilities, psychosocial, financial and many other elements that are experienced by students and different stake holders in a learning establishment. Being the main stake holder and the important role of the students in teaching-learning process, their perceptions about educational environment is considered as indicators of the effectiveness of the curriculum and programme. The medical faculty of the University provides a block based integrated curriculum to enhance the image of accomplishments of the students It is crucial for any educational institution to assess its educational environment and modify it if it is vital to fulfill its desired goal. The aim of our research was to measure the perception of preclinical medical students about their educational environment especially in the areas of learning experiences, teacher, academic self-perception, their atmosphere and social self-perception at Faculty of Medicine, SEGi University at Kota Damansara campus. Methods A cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among preclinical medical students of Faculty of Medicine, SEGi university of Malaysia. The Independent t test was used to check the significance at 95% Confidence Interval (CI)

Results

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