Medical Students’ Perception of Learning Environment in New Campus of University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS): Measured by DREEM
Background: The ultimate goal of the medical education is to produce the competent and qualified medical professionals. One essential component of medical education is to provide a good learning environment. The assessment of learning environment has been determined as a key instrument for the del...
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| Language: | English |
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RJPT
2019
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27211/1/Medical%20Students%27s%20perception%20of%20Learning%20Environment%20in%20new%20campus%20of%20University%20Malaysia%20Sarawak%20-%20Copy.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/27211/ http://www.rjptonline.org/ |
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| Summary: | Background: The ultimate goal of the medical education is to produce the competent and qualified medical
professionals. One essential component of medical education is to provide a good learning environment. The
assessment of learning environment has been determined as a key instrument for the delivery of high quality and
effective education and curriculum. Objective of this study: It is to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of
learning environment in new campus of medical faculty in Kotasamarahan. Methods: It was a cross-sectional,
questionnaire based study and ninety year-two medical students were recruited for the study. Dundee Ready
Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used to collect the data. Results: The total score
of DREEM was 124.05 / 200 and scores of all subdomains indicate ‘More positive than negative’ however there
are items, 3,4,9,14,17,25,27 and 48 scored <2 which need improvements to be made to further enhance the
quality of learning environment in new medical faculty of UNIMAS. Conclusion: This study can be used as a
pivoting point to help produce more competent medical graduates in the future with the implementation of an
efficient learning environment |
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