Determining the Quality of Educational Climate in a Private Medical College in Bangladesh via the ‘Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure’ Instrument
Background: The educational environment is an important determining factor of an effective curriculum. An enriched learning environment can lead to increased satisfaction, achievement and success as a practitioner. The educational environment has been defined as “environment experienced or perce...
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| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5470/1/FH02-FP-16-06282-1.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/5470/ |
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| Summary: | Background: The educational environment is an important determining
factor of an effective curriculum. An enriched learning environment can
lead to increased satisfaction, achievement and success as a practitioner.
The educational environment has been defined as “environment experienced
or perceived by the students as well as by the teachers”. Learning
environment research seeks to assess the students’ perceptions of their
environment and can guide medical teachers to introspect, devise, and
incorporate the best learning strategy for the improvement of the educational
environment. The recent concern to enhance quality assessment
procedures in the health professions, and institutions have led to renewed
interest in students’ perceptions of the educational environment. The aim
of this study is to evaluate, by way of students’ perceptions, the overall
education environment, as well as, other aspects of the educational environment
of Ibrahim Medical College, Bangladesh. Methods: This crosssectional
survey was conducted among the medical students in the year
2015, who were enrolled in the undergraduate MBBS program. DREEM
questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was later regrouped
according to the five domains. SPSS, IBM 20 has been used for data analysis.
Results: Among the 416 student participants, 277 were female (67%),
and 139 were male (33%). Comparison of the mean scores of pooled total
and 4 sub-scales revealed no significant difference between genders,
whereas in Students’ Academic Self-Perceptions scale average rating for a
male was found statistically significantly higher (p<0.05). Conclusion: This
study suggests that students, in general, hold positive perceptions of their
course environment. These results can serve as a baseline for a longitudinal
quality assessment of pupils’ perceptions of the college. |
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