Student-Based Analysis of Perception Regarding the Educational Environment Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure Questionnaire at Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh

Year 2019, Volume: 27 Issue: 3, 211 - 221, 01.10.2019

Asma Mostafa Rozina Hoque Mainul Haque

Abstract

DOI: 10.5152/FNJN.2019.19025

Aim: The educational environment is the
most significant manifestation of the curriculum. The Dundee Ready Education
Environment Measure questionnaire is the precise quantitative assessment tool
for the EE for medical- and health-related professional schools.

Method: This was a cross-sectional study
conducted in Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Chittagong,
Bangladesh during the study period of 2017–2018. The DREEM questionnaire was
distributed to the paraclinical and clinical students in their regular classes.
Data were analyzed using SPSS version 19.

Results: A total of 170 students responded
to the questionnaire, of which 27.6% were male, and 72.4% were female. The mean
total Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure score of the present study was
130.46. Paraclinical students scored statistically significantly higher than
clinical students (p=0.040). Students’ social self-perceptions were
significantly higher for male than for female students (p<0.05). Most of the
students opined that a positive learning experience (80.6%), appropriate
teaching method (81.2%), and academic self-perceptions were positive (77.1%),
and positive learning atmosphere (65.9%) as well as social surroundings were in
acceptable range (70.6%) in Chattagram Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College.

Conclusion: The findings and evidences of
the present study will hopefully provide the basis to take effective measures
to improve teaching and learning environment of this medical school.  

Cite this article as: Mostafa, A., Hoque,
R., Haque, M. (2019). Student-Based analysis of perception regarding the
educational environment using the DREEM questionnaire at Chattagram
Maa-O-Shishu Hospital Medical College, Bangladesh. FNJN Florence Nightingale
Journal of Nursing, 27(3), 211-221.

Keywords

DREEM questionnaire, educational environment, medical students, perceptions of learning

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