1,916
Views
31
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Research Article

Students’ perceptions of educational environment in a medical school experiencing curricular transition in United Arab Emirates

&
Pages e37-e42 | Published online: 23 Dec 2010

References

  • Al-Hazimi A, Al-Hyiani A, Roff S. Perceptions of the educational environment at the medical school in King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia. Med Teach 2004; 26: 570–573
  • Al-Hazimi A, Zaini R, Al-Hyiani A, Hassan N, Gunaid A, Ponnamperuma G, Karunathilake I, Roff S, McAleer S, Davis MH. Educational environment in traditional and innovative medical schools: A study in four undergraduate medical schools. Educ Health 2004; 17: 192–203
  • Al-Qahtani MF, 1999. Approaches to study and learning environment in medical schools with special reference to the gulf countries. PhD thesis, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Dundee
  • Bassaw B, Roff S, McAleer S, Roopnarinesingh S, De Lisle J, Teelucksingh S, Gopaul S. Students’ perspectives of the educational environment, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Trinidad. Med Teach 2003; 25: 522–526
  • Davis MH, Harden RM. Planning and implementing an undergraduate medical curriculum: The lessons learned. Med Teach 2003; 25: 596–608
  • Genn JM. AMEE medical education guide no. 23 (Part 1): Curriculum, environment, climate, quality and change in medical education – A unifying perspective. Med Teach 2001; 23: 337–344
  • Glick SM. Cheating at medical school. BMJ 2001; 322: 250–251
  • Hutchinson L. The ABC of learning and teaching: Educational environment. BMJ 2003; 326: 810–812
  • Jiffry MTM, McAleer S, Fernandoo S, Marasinghe RB. Using the DREEM questionnaire to gather baseline information on an evolving medical school in Sri Lanka. Med Teach 2005; 27: 348–352
  • Mayya S, Roff S. Students’ perceptions of educational environment: A comparison of academic achievers and under-achievers at Kasturba Medical College, India. Educ Health 2004; 17: 280–291
  • McAleer S, Roff S, Harden RM, Al-Qahtani M, Uddin AA, Deza H, Groenen G. The medical education environment measure; a diagnostic tool. Med Educ 1998; 32: 217
  • Norcini J. The power of feedback. Med Educ 2010; 44: 16–17
  • Primparyon P, Roff S, McAleer S, Poonchai B, Pemba S. Educational environment, student approaches to learning and academic achievement in a Thai nursing school. Med Teach 2000; 22: 359–365
  • Riquelme A, Oporto M, Oporto J, Méndez J, Viviani P, Salech F, Chianale J, Moreno R, Sánchez I, 2009. Measuring students’ perceptions of the educational climate of the new curriculum at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: Performance of the Spanish Translation of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). Educ Health 22:112. [Accessed February 2010]. Available from: http://www.educationforhealth.net
  • Roff S, McAleer S, Harden RM, Al-Qahtani M, Ahmed AU, Deza H, Groenen G, Primparyon P. Development and validation of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). Med Teach 1997; 19: 295–299
  • Roff S, McAleer S, Ifere OS, Bhattacharya S. A global diagnostic tool for measuring educational environment: Comparing Nigeria and Nepal. Med Teach 2001; 23: 378–382
  • Roff S. The Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) – A generic instrument for measuring students’ perceptions of undergraduate health professions curricula. Med Teach 2005; 27: 322–325
  • Seabrook M. Clinical students’ initial reports of the educational climate in a single medical school. Med Educ 2004a; 38: 659–669
  • Till H. Identifying the perceived weaknesses of a new curriculum by means of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) Inventory. Med Teach 2004; 26: 39–45
  • Varma R, Tiyagi E, Gupta JK. Determining the quality of educational climate across multiple undergraduate teaching sites using the DREEM inventory. BMC Med Educ 2005; 5: 8
  • Whittle SR, Whelan B, Murdoch-Eaton DG. DREEM and beyond; studies of the educational environment as a means for its enhancement. Educ Health 2007; 20: 7
  • Zamzuri AT, Ali AN, Roff S, McAleer S. Students’ perceptions of the educational environment at dental training college, Malaysia. Malaysian Dent J 2004; 25: 15–26

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.