Mehregan Heidari Hengami; Nadereh Naderi; Behjat Nasery
Volume 13, Issue 1 , April 2016, , Pages 49-60
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Background & Objective: The educational environment has a fundamental role in the quality and efficiency of education The present study was undertaken to identify the perceptions of students on the educational environment in 4 major clinical wards at teaching hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University ...
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Background & Objective: The educational environment has a fundamental role in the quality and efficiency of education The present study was undertaken to identify the perceptions of students on the educational environment in 4 major clinical wards at teaching hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Iran in 2014 Methods: In this descriptive crosssectional study educational environment was evaluated using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) Sampling was conducted through census and the study population included all medical students (n = 184) passing their clinical courses in the internal pediatrics surgical obstetrics and gynecology wards in 3 hospitals affiliated to Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences Data were analyzed using ANOVA and Tukeys tests Results: The mean score achieved from the total 200 scores of the questionnaire was 10483 (524%) Although there was no significant difference between total scores of major clinical wards the pediatrics and obstetrics and gynecology wards obtained the highest lowest scores respectively No significant correlation was found between education and gender and the subscales of educational environment A significant difference was observed between major clinical wards in the subscale of teachers (P < 0001) Conclusion: The educational environment at clinical wards was considered as good by students Nevertheless problematic areas exist in all subscales of educational environment The obtained results can be utilized to better understand and resolve educational environment issues in Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences
Zahra Jalili; Faeizeh Sahbaei-Rooy
Volume 11, Issue 4 , February 2015, , Pages 464-470
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Background & Objective: Universities use different tools to evaluate their own teaching practices and many factors are involved in the education process that may affect learning This study aimed to evaluate educational environment from the view of clinical psychology student of the Science and Research ...
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Background & Objective: Universities use different tools to evaluate their own teaching practices and many factors are involved in the education process that may affect learning This study aimed to evaluate educational environment from the view of clinical psychology student of the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University Tehran Iran based on the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) model Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 30 female students of clinical psychology in Islamic Azad University The subjects were selected through convenience sampling method Data were collected using DREEM and analyzed using SPSS software Results: The majority of samples were 1823 years old and 767% of them were single The mean and standard deviation of students perception score in the 5 domains of learning (total score = 60) teachers (total score = 55) academic ability (total score = 40) educational environment (total score = 50) and social conditions (total score = 35) respectively were 4099 ± 1352 3707 ± 1076 2364 ± 889 3917 ± 1474 and 2220 ± 878 No statistically significant difference was observed between demographic information and mean educational environment score (P < 0001) Conclusion: An important characteristic of the social status of the university is that it directly impacts education Thus the improvement of this status must be prioritized by officials In this respect holding training and retraining classes in order to gain learning skills and improve educational environments consulting students and designing problem management methods may be effective in the educational empowerment of students