Perceptions of Dental Students Studying at Ras Al Khaimah College of Dental Sciences to Their Educational Environment Usingthe Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure –DREEM (original) (raw)

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Objective: To measure the perceptions of the dental students studying in Ras al Khaimah College of Dental Sciences regarding the educational environment using the DREEM questionnaire. Study Design: Cross sectional descriptive study. th Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Ras al Khaimah College of Dental Sciences from 15 of st November 2015 to the 1 of March 2016. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on dental students of Ras Al Khaimah College of Dental Sciences (RAKCODS) from first till fifth year. DREEM questionnaires were distributed to a total of 320 students out of which 245 students returned filled up questionnaires which were collected at the end of the week. DREEM questionnaire compromises of a set of 50 questions which are graded on a likert scale of 0‐4 by students. All the data was tabulated in SPSS 16.0 and the results were compared against the fixed values given in original DREEM inventory. Results: Out of n=320 students, 245 responded whic...

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Table I: Total mean scores of the responses within each sub category along with their interpretation which indicates neutrality, but a little improvement would help. Amongst negative questions, “The teaching overemphasizes factual learning”, “The teaching is too teacher-centered”, ” The teachers are authoritarian”, “The students irritate the teachers”, ”Cheating is a problem in this school “ had scores >2, which means this is a problematic area that requires attention. authoritarian”, “The students irritate the teachers”,

Table I: Total mean scores of the responses within each sub category along with their interpretation which indicates neutrality, but a little improvement would help. Amongst negative questions, “The teaching overemphasizes factual learning”, “The teaching is too teacher-centered”, ” The teachers are authoritarian”, “The students irritate the teachers”, ”Cheating is a problem in this school “ had scores >2, which means this is a problematic area that requires attention. authoritarian”, “The students irritate the teachers”,

Table Il: Mean dream results of each question within sub category, along with gender and mean score

Table Il: Mean dream results of each question within sub category, along with gender and mean score

Efforts should be made by the teachers to shift the teaching from teacher centered to more of a student centered, encouraging them to be active learners. Once the students enter into a clinical environment, a more mature, complex and integrated approach should be employed to facilitate effective learning and these sessions should be innovative and targeting each student. REFERENCES nnovative and based on community problems

Efforts should be made by the teachers to shift the teaching from teacher centered to more of a student centered, encouraging them to be active learners. Once the students enter into a clinical environment, a more mature, complex and integrated approach should be employed to facilitate effective learning and these sessions should be innovative and targeting each student. REFERENCES nnovative and based on community problems

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