Perception of the Educational Environment and Its Correlation with Academic Performance of Medical Students in a Public Sector Medical Institute of Pakistan
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.008How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Educational Environment, DREEM, Perception
- Abstract
Objective: The study aims to assess their correlation and provide recommendations for a conducive educational environment (EE). Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in a public sector medical institute of Pakistan in which EE of 320 students from 2nd till 5th years was assessed using Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). Results: The mean DREEM score was 98.32/200 indicating the perception to be on the less positive side. Students’ academic self-perception (SASP) domain scored highest (16.97/32, 53%) while students’ perception of teaching (SPT) domain scored the lowest (20.07/44, 45.5%). The difference in mean DREEM and subdomains scores across academic years were statistically significant (p<0.001) with 2nd-year having the lowest (86.4) and 4th year having the highest (110.22) mean scores. There was a significant positive correlation between academic performance and total DREEM score (r=0.661, p<0.01) The simple linear regression for predicting obtained scores in recent professional exams by total DREEM score was statistically significant (p<0.001). Conclusion: Academic performance was strongly correlated with the perception of the educational environment. Improving the perception of the educational environment will lead to better academic performance. Interventions such as training of teaching faculty, promotion of research-oriented learning, and the establishment of a support system for stressed students will help the administration to provide a better educational environment and improve the academic performance of students.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Mehwish Kaneez AU - Syed Muhammad Jawad Zaidi AU - Hamza Waqar Bhatti AU - Hania Ijaz AU - Mishal Fatima AU - Muhammad Hamza PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/01 TI - Perception of the Educational Environment and Its Correlation with Academic Performance of Medical Students in a Public Sector Medical Institute of Pakistan BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 43 EP - 49 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.008 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.008 ID - Kaneez2021 ER -