Students' perception of the educational environment at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for health sciences using DREEM tool.

Autor: Awawdeh M; Department of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia. M97A97@gmail.com.; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia. M97A97@gmail.com., Alosail LA; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; Department of Periodontics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia., Alqahtani M; Department of Restorative Dentistry, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia., Almotairi A; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia., Almikhem RN; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia., Alahmadi RA; King Saud Medical City, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Aldughaither AA; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; Family Medicine and Primary Health Care Department, Ministry of National Guard, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia., Alamoud KA; Department of Preventive Dental Science, College of Dentistry, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.; King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Ministry of National Guard-Health affairs, P.O. Box 3660, Riyadh, 11481, Saudi Arabia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC medical education [BMC Med Educ] 2024 Jan 08; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 42. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 08.
DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-05004-7
Abstrakt: Background: Students' learning results are influenced by the educational environment. The best learning environment is created when students are involved in the evaluation process of their education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate students' perceptions of their learning environment at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS) in Riyadh using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) instrument.
Methods: This observational cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire using the Arabic version of the DREEM tool. Students from six colleges at KSAU-HS Riyadh campus were asked to complete the questionnaire through emails. The study was carried out between November 2021 and April 2022. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were performed for DREEM as both a continuous (two-way ANOVA test) and categorical variable (Chi-squared and Monte-Carlo test).
Results: A total of 370 students completed the questionnaire. The overall DREEM score for the study was 125.88/200, with a standard deviation of 58.79. SSP items received the highest scores, while SAP items earned the lowest scores. The college and the academic level showed statistically significant differences in the DREEM overall score and the five subscales, whereas gender showed no significant difference. The college of pharmacy scored the highest total DREEM score (140.35 ± 27.75), and scored higher among the five subscales than both colleges of dentistry (114.13 ± 29.74) and medicine (113.87 ± 33.03). Students in their third year had the greatest overall DREEM score (132.23 ± 29.76), and scored higher in SPL, SPA and SSP compared to students in their sixth year, in which the total DREEM score was (111.65 ± 27.58).
Conclusions: Students of KSAU-HS generally perceived the educational environment as having more positive than negative. The educational level and college differed significantly in the overall DREEM score and the five subscales. Junior students had better perception of the educational environment and they differed significantly in the SPL and SPA subscales. The faculty of pharmacy had higher scores in the overall DREEM and the five subsequent scales than colleges of dentistry and medicine. Further research is needed in order to optimize the educational environment by investigating different solutions.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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