Measuring students’ perceptions of the educational environment of a new pharmacy school using the
DREEM questionnairePenny WongSchool of Pharmacy, Taylor’s University
Background – Lifelong learning
• Learning environment have a significant impact on promoting & enhancing lifelong learning
• A +ve learning environment +ve effects on student learning
• Students’ perceptions of a LE affect their subsequent learning behaviours and their learning outcomes.
• Aims: examine the LE as perceived by the pharmacy students so to enhance the strengths and address the weaknesses of the institutions.
Background – The Educational Environment
Study Design
• DREEM Questionnaire – What? Why?• Ethics approval• Population & sampling• Data collection• Data analysis
What is DREEM?
What is DREEM?
What is DREEM?
Why DREEM?
Participants
Ethics approval √
Data Collection
Year 2 Year 3Questionnaire conducted @ different site
Students are invited in classAnonymous submission
Data Analysis
• SPSS– The overall mean DREEM scores, subscale
scores, and individual item scores were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD).
– Independent Sample t-test (A two-tailed test of statistical significance was used with alpha set at < 0.05)
Findings – Population
Implications
Table 6.5. Comparison of mean (SD) DREEM subscale scores between Year
2 and Year 3 students at TU
DREEM
subscale
TU Year 2 TU Year 3 Official Interpretations
SPL (max 48) 31.69 (3.92) 33.94 (3.37) (25-36) A more positive
perception
SPT (max =
44)
25.93 (3.01) 30.83 (2.46) (23-33) Moving in the right
direction
SAP (max =
32)
20.63 (3.54) 20.28 (3.37) (17-24) Feeling more on the
positive side
SPA (max =
48)
28.43 (4.7) 31.78 (4.71) (25-36) A more positive attitude
SSP (max =
28)
17.91 (2.60) 18.33 (2.50) (15-21) Not too bad
Total score 124.60 (13.59) 135.17
(11.81)
(101 – 150) More positive than
negative
Findings - Comparison
Table 6.5. Comparison of mean (SD) DREEM subscale scores
between Year 2 and Year 3 students at TU
DREEM subscale TU Year 2 TU Year 3 Significance (two-
tailed) p-value
SPL (max 48) 31.69 (3.92) 33.94 (3.37) 0.037*
SPT (max = 44) 25.93 (3.01) 30.83 (2.46) 0.000*
SAP (max = 32) 20.63 (3.54) 20.28 (3.37) 0.715
SPA (max = 48) 28.43 (4.7) 31.78 (4.71) 0.014*
SSP (max = 28) 17.91 (2.60) 18.33 (2.50) 0.558
Total score 124.60
(13.59)
135.17
(11.81)
0.005*
Discussion
(101 – 150) More positive than negative
Discussion
Taylor’s
University
King Saudi
University
Monash
University
Official Interpretations
SPL (max 48) 32.3 25.8 30.9 (25-36) A more positive
perception
SPT (max = 44) 27.4 25 30.5 (23-33) Moving in the right
direction
SAP (max = 32) 20.5 18.3 20.6 (17-24) Feeling more on the
positive side
SPA (max = 48) 29.4 26.1 31.7 (25-36) A more positive
attitude
SSP (max = 28) 18.0 17.2 19.2 (15-21) Not too bad
Discussion
Recommendations
• ↑ staff awareness among staff involved in this collaboration.
• Examine items with score < 2.0 to gain a better insight into student perceptions.
Thank you