TY - JOUR T1 - Perception of educational environment among undergraduate students of health disciplines in an Iranian university AU - Farajpour, A. AU - Raisolsadat, S.M.A. AU - Moghadam, S.S. AU - Mostafavian, Z. KW - dreem KW - educational environment KW - evaluation KW - student perception KW - islamic azad university-mashhad branch KW - PY - 2017/08/18 Y1 - 2017/07/25 VL - 8 N1 - doi: 10.5116/ijme.5977.7129 DO - 10.5116/ijme.5977.7129 M3 - doi: 10.5116/ijme.5977.7129 JO - Int J Med Educ SP - 300 EP - 306 PB - IJME SN - 2042-6372 UR - http://www.ijme.net/archive/8/perception-of-educational-environment/ L1 - http://www.ijme.net/archive/8/perception-of-educational-environment.pdf N2 - Objectives: This paper seeks to determine the perception of Medical, Nursing and Midwifery students about their educational environment and compare their perceptions in terms of disciplines, demographic attributes and academic level. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, Medical, Nursing and Midwifery students in Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran, were selected using stratified random sampling method (N=378). They completed the standard Persian version of Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire. Descriptive statistics, t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze data. Results: The mean score of DREEM was 106 ± 24.6. The mean scores in five domains of DREEM questionnaire including students’ perception of learning, perception of teachers, scientific abilities, students’ perception of educational environment and students’ perception of social conditions were 23±8, 23.4±6, 18±5.5, 25.5±7.7 and 15.8±4, respectively. In the first four domains (p=0.000, F=27.35), (p=0.000, F=9.9), (p=0.000, F=18.5), (p=0.000, t=18.7) and for total scores (p=0.000, F=22.77), the three disciplines were significantly different. Also, there was a significant difference between mean total score (p=0.021, t=2.3) and scores of students’ perception of learning (p=0.008, t=2.65) and social conditions (p=0.022, t=2.3) with respect to gender. Conclusions: According to these results, students tend to have a positive attitude towards their educational environment. The findings of this study are useful to identify areas in need of improvement by employing more specialized tools and planning for improvement.  ER -