Gaurang N Algotar, Viral N Chauhan, Sanjay J Mehta
Evaluating the Perception of Undergraduate Medical Students About the Educational Environment by Using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) Questionnaire
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health professionals education presents unique challenges including clinical application knowledge interprofessional collaboration additionally institutions suffer faculty shortages class sizes increase therefore educators seek innovative andragogical techniques utilizing minimal resources several active learning methods introduced solution aim study assess impact lecture lbl case cbl team tbl based learning students satisfaction knowledge attainment total 134 sophomore dental students taught pediatric dentistry course using lbl cbl tbl techniques end course students invited participate satisfaction survey statistical analysis conducted using twosided chisquare goodness fit test students comments used qualitative analysis final exam analysis administered via examsoft software total 98 students participated survey 83 met inclusion criteria n 110 students chose lbl method helped learn comprehensive way provided comfortable environment presented overall highest satisfaction statistically significant difference p value 0001 lbl questions scored highest point biserial discrimination index percentage correct answers difficulty level highest tbl students preferred lbl learning methods final exam psychometrics showed favorable results lbl tbl students could potentially benefit combining techniques however research needed assess effectiveness various teaching methods short longterm learning outcomes