DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL CLIMATE ACROSS FOUR UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL COLLEGES IN RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD USING THE DREEM INVENTORY
Keywords:
DREEM inventory, dental schools, educational environment, perception, undergraduatesAbstract
Objectives. To investigate the perception of current educational environment and to compare the learning environments
of different dental educational institutions.
Materials and Methods: It is a cross sectional study in which Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM)
Questionnaire; a measure of educational environment is used. It was carried out in 4 different dental colleges across
Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The DREEM questionnaire was administered to 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year undergraduate students
(n =380) in the academic year of 2013/2014. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0.
Results: Out of 400 students, 380 students participated in the study (response rate of 95%). The mean total score for
the 4 institutions was 120 out of total score of 200. For institution A, the score was 125.4± 18.6 SD, for institution B, the
score was 124.9±21.8 SD, for institution C, the score was 119±18.9 SD and for institution D, the score was 109.7±
24.2 SD out of a total score of 200. The average DREEM score of preclinical group was 115 and clinical group was
124 out of 200 for all the colleges.
Conclusion: Students in this study reported a positive perception of their educational environment in all 4 dental institutions
and the domain scores were also satisfactory. Certain areas need further exploration and improvements, which
should serve as a decision support mechanism for educationists in rationalizing their priorities for reforms.
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