BACKGROUND A mission statement (MS) sets out the long-term goals of an institution and is supposed to be suited for studying learning environments. Yet, hardly any study has tested this issue so far. The aim of the present study was the development and psychometric evaluation of an MS-Questionnaire (MSQ) focusing on explicit competencies. We investigated to what extent the MSQ captures the cons...

This study aimed to evaluate the educational environment of the health sciences programs of KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, to identify their strengths and weaknesses, and to suggest strategies to improve the educational environment to be on par with global standards. A cross-sectional study was conducted using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, f...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To assess whether the year of residency in anesthesiology is associated with residents' overall perceptions of the learning environment and to evaluate the association between year of residency and each of the five domains of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) survey. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Residency program of anesthesiology at the Clevel...

This study aimed to assess students' perceptions of their educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, in which medical students' perceptions of their educational environment were assessed using th...

Objectives The study aimed to examine the quality of the educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and to compare between male and female students using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). Methods We utilized a cross-sectional survey design.  Participants were 221 medical students (96 males and 125 females) from all classes (1...

BACKGROUND Psychological distress among medical students is commonly observed during medical education and is generally related to poor academic self-perception. We evaluated the role of peer social support at medical schools in the association between psychological distress and academic self-perception. METHODS An online survey was conducted in a medical degree program for 138 international ...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to assess student perceptions of the environment in this medical college using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). METHODS Cross-sectional study; 348 medical student volunteers (68.1%) of all semesters participated (511 enrolled). DREEM has 50 items, each rated from 0-4 (Likert scale: 0, strongly disagree to 4, strongly agree), tha...

OBJECTIVE This study sought to evaluate the impact of curricular change on the perception of the Educational Environment (EE) in nursing students. METHODOLOGY This was a cross-sectional study. Two consecutive cohorts were evaluated during the second year, entering 2010 (N: 58) and 2011 (N: 57) for former and new curriculum, respectively. A sociodemographic survey and perception of the EE was ...

Latar Belakang : Hasil ujian atau prestasi akademik yang cenderung rendah dapat dipengaruhi oleh metode pembelajaran kurang tepat. Dalam rangka membantu mahasiswa mencapai tujuan maka institusi para pendidik mengkombinasikan berbagai mengajar merangsang terlibat aktif dalam pembelajaran. Evaluasi lingkungan dengan menggunakan kuesioner DREEM penting untuk peningkatan sarana dan pra sarana. Tuju...

BACKGROUND Tertiary pediatric hospitals usually provide excellent clinical services, but such centers have a lot to do for educational perfection. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to address under-graduate educational deficits and find feasible solutions. PATIENTS AND METHODS This cross-sectional study was done in a target population of 77 sixth year undergraduate medical students (respo...