Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course
Manar M Fayed,1 Sanaa A Abdo,2 Asmaa F Sharif1 1Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt; 2Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptCorrespondence: Asmaa F Sharif, Forensic Med...
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| description | Manar M Fayed,1 Sanaa A Abdo,2 Asmaa F Sharif1 1Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt; 2Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptCorrespondence: Asmaa F Sharif, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, El Geish Street, Tanta, Gharbia, 31527, Egypt, Tel +966581639317, Email asma.s@dau.edu.saPurpose: Understanding learning environments is vital for developing curricula. This study aims to evaluate medical students’ achievements and perception of learning environments considering the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology course as an analog for the curricular transition process.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, from August 2020 to October 2021. Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, the perception of 621 students (of which 307 were enrolled in the integrated curriculum and 314 in the traditional curriculum) were compared. Furthermore, the appropriate tests of significance and correlations were used to compare students’ perception according to their enrollment, age, gender, and previous year grade point average.Results: The mean overall DREEM score was 121.04 ± 22.35, implying a more positive than negative learning environment, that is, a more positive learning perception, with students’ perceptions of teachers moving in the right direction, students’ academic self-perceptions getting more on the positive side, more positive attitudes regarding student’s perceptions of the learning environment, and not-too-bad student’s social self-perception. Medical students enrolled in the integrated curriculum showed higher DREEM scores, with significantly better learning and academic self-perceptions (p < 0.05). Knowledgeable, qualified faculties are the most significant characteristic feature in both systems. A significant number of students achieved excellent grades in the integrated curriculum (n = 740 out of 1076, 68.8%) than in the traditional one (n = 470 out of 961, 48.9%) (p < 0.0001).Conclusion: This study revealed a smooth, successful transition from the traditional to integrated curriculum among Egyptian medical students. The main areas for improvements are focusing on factual teaching, implementing student-centered teaching activities, promoting students’ memorizing, and engaging students in activities that may help them enjoy learning.Keywords: learning, education, self-perception, achievement, curriculum, competency-based education |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b2b02ef208345758112ef828b183a5f2022-12-22T00:09:17ZengDove Medical PressAdvances in Medical Education and Practice1179-72582022-04-01Volume 1336940674751Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology CourseFayed MMAbdo SASharif AFManar M Fayed,1 Sanaa A Abdo,2 Asmaa F Sharif1 1Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt; 2Public Health and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, EgyptCorrespondence: Asmaa F Sharif, Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, El Geish Street, Tanta, Gharbia, 31527, Egypt, Tel +966581639317, Email asma.s@dau.edu.saPurpose: Understanding learning environments is vital for developing curricula. This study aims to evaluate medical students’ achievements and perception of learning environments considering the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology course as an analog for the curricular transition process.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, from August 2020 to October 2021. Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire, the perception of 621 students (of which 307 were enrolled in the integrated curriculum and 314 in the traditional curriculum) were compared. Furthermore, the appropriate tests of significance and correlations were used to compare students’ perception according to their enrollment, age, gender, and previous year grade point average.Results: The mean overall DREEM score was 121.04 ± 22.35, implying a more positive than negative learning environment, that is, a more positive learning perception, with students’ perceptions of teachers moving in the right direction, students’ academic self-perceptions getting more on the positive side, more positive attitudes regarding student’s perceptions of the learning environment, and not-too-bad student’s social self-perception. Medical students enrolled in the integrated curriculum showed higher DREEM scores, with significantly better learning and academic self-perceptions (p < 0.05). Knowledgeable, qualified faculties are the most significant characteristic feature in both systems. A significant number of students achieved excellent grades in the integrated curriculum (n = 740 out of 1076, 68.8%) than in the traditional one (n = 470 out of 961, 48.9%) (p < 0.0001).Conclusion: This study revealed a smooth, successful transition from the traditional to integrated curriculum among Egyptian medical students. The main areas for improvements are focusing on factual teaching, implementing student-centered teaching activities, promoting students’ memorizing, and engaging students in activities that may help them enjoy learning.Keywords: learning, education, self-perception, achievement, curriculum, competency-based educationhttps://www.dovepress.com/preclinical-and-clinical-medical-students-perception-of-the-learning-e-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-AMEPlearningeducationself-perceptionachievementcurriculumcompetency-based education |
| spellingShingle | Fayed MM Abdo SA Sharif AF Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course Advances in Medical Education and Practice learning education self-perception achievement curriculum competency-based education |
| title | Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course |
| title_full | Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course |
| title_fullStr | Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course |
| title_short | Preclinical and Clinical Medical Students’ Perception of the Learning Environment: A Reference to the Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Course |
| title_sort | preclinical and clinical medical students rsquo perception of the learning environment a reference to the forensic medicine and clinical toxicology course |
| topic | learning education self-perception achievement curriculum competency-based education |
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