Faculty and Students’ Perceptions of Student Experiences in a Medical School Undergoing Curricular Transition in the United Arab Emirates

Comparing student and staff perceptions of the “Educational Climate” in Spanish Dental Schools using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure

“…Coinciding with the findings of all the cited authors, the students herein detected a greater number of “problematic educational aspects” than the teachers (six items; 12.0% vs two items; 4.0%). According to the contributions of Rotthoff et al., the two items relating to problems detected by the teachers in this series coincided with those described by the students (item 3: “there is a good support system for students who get stressed”; and item 25: “the teaching overemphasises factual learning”).…”

“…Miles and Leinster and Shehnaz et al . conducted their work in faculties of Medicine in which an innovative curriculum (PBL) was being developed, and reported that there were no significant differences in the overall EC perceived by teachers and students.…”

“…Following the previously applied methodology, it was decided to make a comparison of the items between the students and the teachers, placing the answers into three categories (“agree,” “uncertain” and “disagree”). In previous studies, the authors observed that the differences between the two groups were softened, and there was a large number of “uncertain” answers given by the teachers.…”

“…[7][8][9] One of the most widely used instruments in academic health professions and institutions is the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] This instrument was developed by almost 100 medical educators and 1000 students integrated in a Delphi panel and was conceived as a culturally non-specific test. 27 .…”

Does curricular change improve faculty perceptions of student experiences with the educational environment? A preliminary study in an institution undergoing curricular change

“…Previous studies comparing the faculty perceptions with those of the students revealed that the faculty and students had similar perceptions about the student experiences in an integrated curriculum [6,7]. The perceptions of the educational environment by medical teachers are significant not only for themselves but also for the students.…”