Assessment of Medical Student’s Perceptions towards Educational Environment in Surgical Theaters
Objective: This study aimed to determine the perception of medical students toward the learning environment in the surgical theater of Songklanagarind Hospital. The relationships between perceptions of the educational environment with student characteristics were assessed. Material and Methods: In t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Prince of Songkla University
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR) |
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| Online Access: | https://www.jhsmr.org/index.php/jhsmr/article/view/151 |
| Summary: | Objective: This study aimed to determine the perception of medical students toward the learning environment in the surgical theater of Songklanagarind Hospital. The relationships between perceptions of the educational environment with student characteristics were assessed.
Material and Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the Thai version of The Surgical Theater Educational Environment Measure (T-STEEM) was used to assess the perceptions of medical students toward the learning environment in the surgical theater. The questionnaire was given to 192 clinical year students during June-July, 2014. Descriptive and comparative statistics are presented. Factor analysis was used to determine sub-domains of student’s perceptions in the learning environment.
Results: The T-STEEM was shown to be practical and internally consistent (Chronbach’s alpha=0.89). The response rate of participants in this study was 62.5%. Males (34.70±4.81) had significantly less favorable perceptions than females (38.42±5.84) while 6th year medical students (22.63±3.70) had significantly more favorable perceptions than that 5th year medical students (18.90±3.16). In addition, there were no significant differences in other variables, such as age and grade point average. From factor analysis, there were 25 items (7 factors) of T-STEEM in which the loading factors were higher than 0.5 and the internally consistency of each component was higher than 0.7.
Conclusion: The T-STEEM is suitable for evaluating perceptions of medical students on educational environment in surgical theater. All most medical students had favorable perceptions of the educational environment in surgical theaters. |
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| ISSN: | 2586-9981 2630-0559 |