Sabbagh Heba J, Bakhaider Hanin A, Abokhashabah Hesham M, Bader Mohammed U
Department of Pediatric Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
BMC Med Educ. 2020 Jul 29;20(1):241. doi: 10.1186/s12909-020-02165-7.
Prior research studies have found that dental students' educational environment has an impact on their academic achievement. Therefore, the aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess dental students' perceptions of the educational environment at King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry (KAUFD) in Saudi Arabia.
Second-, third-, and fourth-year dental students at KAUFD, responded to the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) in October 2017. It consists of five subscales: students' perceptions of learning, students' perceptions of teachers, students' academic self-perceptions, students' perceptions of the atmosphere, and students' social self-perceptions. The overall mean value was calculated.
A total of 217 dental students responded to the questionnaire (92 males, 125 females); the response rate was 43.40%. The overall mean DREEM score was 125, which is considered "more positive than negative." The mean DREEM score was higher for females (128.73) than for males (120.13). Third-year students (137.99) obtained higher mean scores compared to fourth-year (121.42) and fifth-year students (115.94).
Dental students' perceptions of the educational environment at KAUFD support the findings of national and international studies. Students in the preclinical dental academic year (third year) obtained the highest DREEM score, when compared to those who belonged to the clinical academic years. Therefore, a personal development program and good support systems must be emphasized for clinical-year students.
先前的研究发现，牙科学生的教育环境会对他们的学业成绩产生影响。因此，这项横断面研究的目的是评估沙特阿拉伯阿卜杜勒阿齐兹国王大学牙科学院（KAUFD）牙科学生对教育环境的看法。
KAUFD的二、三、四年级牙科学生于2017年10月对邓迪就绪教育环境量表（DREEM）进行了回应。该量表由五个子量表组成：学生对学习的看法、学生对教师的看法、学生的学业自我认知、学生对氛围的看法以及学生的社交自我认知。计算了总体平均值。
共有217名牙科学生回答了问卷（92名男性，125名女性）；回复率为43.40%。DREEM总体平均分为125分，被认为“积极多于消极”。女性的DREEM平均得分（128.73）高于男性（120.13）。与四年级（121.42）和五年级学生（115.94）相比，三年级学生（137.99）的平均得分更高。
牙科学生对KAUFD教育环境的看法支持了国内和国际研究的结果。与临床学年的学生相比，牙科临床前学年（三年级）的学生获得了最高的DREEM分数。因此，必须为临床学年的学生强调个人发展计划和良好的支持系统。
