PMID- 18402710
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080521
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1472-6920 (Electronic)
IS  - 1472-6920 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2008 Apr 11
TI  - Students' perceptions of learning environment in an Indian medical school.
PG  - 20
LID - 10.1186/1472-6920-8-20 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Learning environment in any medical school is found to be important 
      in determining students' academic success. This study was undertaken to compare 
      the perceptions of first year and clinical phase students regarding the learning 
      environment at Melaka Manipal Medical College (MMMC) (Manipal Campus) and also to 
      identify the gender wise differences in their perceptions. METHODS: In the 
      present study, the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory 
      was used. DREEM was originally developed at Dundee and has been validated as a 
      universal diagnostic inventory for assessing the quality of educational 
      environment. In the present study, DREEM was administered to undergraduate 
      medical students of first year (n = 118) and clinical phase (n = 108) and the 
      scores were compared using a nonparametric test. RESULTS: Among the two batches, 
      first year students were found to be more satisfied with the learning environment 
      at MMMC (as indicated by their higher DREEM score) compared to the clinical batch 
      students. Gender wise, there was not much difference in the students' 
      perceptions. CONCLUSION: The present study revealed that both groups of students 
      perceived the learning environment positively. Nevertheless, the study also 
      revealed problematic areas of learning environment in our medical school which 
      enabled us to adopt some remedial measures.
FAU - Abraham, Reem
AU  - Abraham R
AD  - Department of Physiology, Melaka Manipal Medical College (Manipal Campus), 
      Manipal, Karnataka, India. reemabraham@yahoo.com
FAU - Ramnarayan, K
AU  - Ramnarayan K
FAU - Vinod, P
AU  - Vinod P
FAU - Torke, Sharmila
AU  - Torke S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080411
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Med Educ
JT  - BMC medical education
JID - 101088679
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Attitude of Health Personnel
MH  - *Education, Medical, Undergraduate
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India
MH  - *Learning
MH  - Male
MH  - *Personal Satisfaction
MH  - Pilot Projects
MH  - *Schools, Medical
MH  - *Social Environment
MH  - *Social Perception
MH  - Students, Medical/*psychology/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
PMC - PMC2329622
EDAT- 2008/04/12 09:00
MHDA- 2008/05/22 09:00
PMCR- 2008/04/11
CRDT- 2008/04/12 09:00
PHST- 2007/11/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/04/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/04/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/05/22 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/04/12 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/04/11 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1472-6920-8-20 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1472-6920-8-20 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Med Educ. 2008 Apr 11;8:20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-20.