• Title of article

    Students’ perception of educational environment at Aga Khan University Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

  • Author/Authors

    Rehman, Rehana Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan , Ghias, Kulsoom , Fatima, Syeda Sadia Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan , Hussain, Mehwish Department of Research - Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan , Alam, Faiza Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences - Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi, Pakistan

  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    720
  • To page
    724
  • Abstract
    Objective: To assess educational environment in Aga Khan University Medical College (AKUMC) by Dundee Ready Educational Environmental Measure (DREEM) scale. Methods: A cross-sectional survey of students at the AKUMC with simple random sampling was carried out from June 2014 till March 2015. Responses in five subscales were used to calculate DREEM scores. Results: The average DREEM score was 125.77±16.8 with a reliability of 91.3%. With regards to subscales, on the 12-item students’ perceptions of learning (PoL) subscale, the maximum score was 48; 11 items of students’ perceptions of teachers (PoT) had a maximum score of 44; students’ academic self-perceptions (ASP) identified by 8 items showed maximum score of 32; students’ perceptions of atmosphere (PoA) with 12 items obtained maximum score 48 and students’ social self-perceptions (SSP) subscale of 7 items had a maximum score of 28. Conclusion: Students perceived a positive learning environment at AKUMC Karachi.
  • Keywords
    Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) , Learning environment , Medical students
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Serial Year
    2016
  • Record number

    2407170