Evaluation of Tikrit medical college educational environment by Medical students in 2024

Abstract

Background: Educational  environment  is    defined  as:  ‘a  social system  that  includes  the  learner,  the  individuals  with  whom  the learner interacts, the setting and purpose of the interaction, and the formal  and  informal  rules  or  policies  or  norms  governing  the interaction’. An effective learning reflect  positively  on academic performance of medical students. This study aims to evaluate the students’ perception of the learning environment in Tikrit medical college.
Subjects and methods: A cross sectional study taken place at Tikrit Medical College, between 17th October 2023 and 20th February 2024, with a simple random sample represent by 458 medical students participated. the data collection and analysis were according to the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure.
Results: Tikrit Medical college have the following scores: regarding general attitude it was with "more positive than negative" direction with 110.7/200 score. Student’s perception of learning (27.09) and student perception of educational setting  (25.39) showed a more positive than negative direction, with the exception of student social self-perception (14.79) which showed a more negative direction. Conclusion: The overall score of learning environment perception was 110.7/200 (more positive than negative) and highlighted some areas of weakness including, insufficient support system, students’ tiredness and boredom, time management of the course, cheating, teachers’  authority  and  anger,  plus  some  recommendations  for enhancements for those areas of weakness. 
Recommendations:  Promotion  of  educational  environment  to improve teaching and learning process. As well as conducting a periodic studies and measurements of the learning environment.