Students Perception of their Educational Environment in a Medical College in India- A Survey using DREEM Questionnaire
Correspondence Address :
Muralidhar Reddy Sangam,
Additional Professor, Department of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Temporary Campus, Narakasur Road, Hill Top, Guwahati, Assam, India.
E-mail: muralidharreddysangam@gmail.com
Introduction: Educational plays an important role in the achievement of student’s academic success. Understanding the perception of students towards their educational environment helps to identify the lacunae in the curriculum and make the changes accordingly.
Aim: To assess the perceptions of the students towards medical education using Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire as a tool.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study done at NRI Medical College, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India, from September 2020 to December 2020. A total of 414 students participated in the study. The DREEM questionnaire was used to collect the data. The questionnaire consists of five components with 50 statements assessed on five-point Likert scale (0-4). Data were expressed as mean and standard deviation, frequency, and percentages. Independent t-test and one-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used for comparing the groups.
Results: Out of 600 students, 414 filled in the forms and submitted them (response rate was 69%). 266 (64.2%) were female and 148 (35.8%) were males. Age of the students ranged from 17 to 25 years with mean age 22.64±2.62 years. The mean DREEM score of study population was 130±6.7/200 which indicated a more positive than negative perception of learning. Subscale scores for student’s perception of learning, perceptions of teachers, academic self-perceptions, perceptions of atmosphere and social self-perceptions were 30.9±2.4, 28.9±1.5, 22.4±3.1, 30.8±2.3 and 16.9±1.7 respectively.
Conclusion: There was a positive perception of students towards their educational environment. Strong areas were student's confidence, teacher's knowledge, and curricular relevance. Weak areas were identified as the inability to provide constructive criticism by teachers, the teachers were authoritarian and necessary steps can be taken for the improvement.
Curriculum evaluation, Dundee ready educational environment measure, Knowledge, Learning, Medical educators
10.7860/JCDR/2021/50157.15686
Date of Submission: Apr 30, 2021
Date of Peer Review: Aug 26, 2021
Date of Acceptance: Oct 09, 2021
Date of Publishing: Nov 01, 2021
AUTHOR DECLARATION:
• Financial or Other Competing Interests: None
• Was Ethics Committee Approval obtained for this study? Yes
• Was informed consent obtained from the subjects involved in the study? Yes
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