تلخیص
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.