Abstract
Objectives: Measuring and comparing educational environment of two education systems
(integrated and traditional medical curriculum): running simultaneously at Islamic International
Medical College with (DREENT) Inventory
Study Design: It was a quantitative descriptive study, a survey was conducted using DREEM
inventory.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was carried out at Islamic International Medical
College from September 2011 to January 2012
Materials and Methods: Total 137 out of 180 students filled the Dundee Ready Education
Environment Measure (DREEM) Inventory (Roff et al.: 1997) respectively. In traditional system:
i.e. final NIBBS: the number of students Mho filled the inventory was n=63; out of u.ålich 46
were females and 17 were males In integrated system NGBS i.e. 4th year: the number of
students who filled the inventory Mere n=74 out of which 49 were females and 25 were males.
Response rate was 76%. Mean age of the final year and 4th year students was 23 and 22 years
respectively.
Results: On analysis of DREEM Inventory the overall score of integrated system was 130 and
traditional system scored 114: fall in more positive than negative environment: but integrated
system score Ivas more towards excellent i.e. 150-200: subscale of inventory revealed the
following mean score results: Perception of learning, 4th year scored 37-a more positive
perception while traditional class had 25, just on border of teaching is viewed negatively. Others
subscales does not deviate more.
Conclusions: Positive perceptions of integrated system' s students identified the strengths of the
curriculum i.e. curriculum enhance their problem solving skills: competencies: student
centeredness, teaching and learning strategies strengthened retention of their krlowledge in long
tenn memory on the other hand traditional system students scored negative to these areas. Dreem
inventory is a useåul tool in measuring the learning environment and helps in finding the
problems in it.
Rahila Yasmeen, Masood Anwar. (2013) Measuring and Comparing Educational Environment of Two Education Systems (Integrated and Traditional Medical Curriculum) Running Simultaneously at Islamic International Medical College with (DREEM) Inventory, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-8, Issue-1.
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