The learning environment of four undergraduate health professional schools: Lessons learned

Author:

Irfan Farhana,Al Faris Eiad,Al Maflehi Nasr,Karim Syed Irfan,Ponnamperuma Gominda,Saad Hussain,Ahmed Abdullah MA

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Learning is an interplay between cognition and environmental factors. Any learning environment, that fulfills the intrinsic and extrinsic needs of the students will probably lead to better and more promising learning outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the student perceptions of Learning Environment (LE) in four health schools of a large university and compare between schools, years of study, and gender. Methods: Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire and a socio-demographic questionnaire were completed by 1185 undergraduate students enrolled in the school of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences (AMS) of a large university during the academic year 2012-2013. Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables. Independent student t-test or ANOVA (with Tukey post-hoc test) was used for continuous variables at a significance level of p ≤ 0.05. Results: The mean total DREEM score was 89.23±33.3. The total DREEM mean scores for Dentistry (120.54±23.45) and Medicine (110.72±19.33) were higher compared with AMS (63.48±21.36) and Nursing (57.48±22.80) (p=0.000) (Post hoc Tukey p=0.000). First year students gave significantly higher positive perceptions ratings than the rest of the years (p=0.000). Total scores were significantly higher for male (92.78±33.86) than female students (84.70±32.25) p=0.000. Conclusion: The LE significantly differed by year and gender. The students from non-integrated curricula (nursing and AMS) perceived the LE less positively than their integrated curriculum counterparts (medicine and dentistry). A qualitative study is needed to investigate the variation in the perception of LE among these groups. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.712 How to cite this:Irfan F, Al-Faris E, Al-Maflehi N, Karim SI, Ponnamperuma G, Saad H, et al. The learning environment of four undergraduate health professional schools: Lessons learned. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):598-604. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.712 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Publisher

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Subject

General Medicine

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