TY - JOUR
T1 - Perception of postgraduate medical residents regarding educational environment at French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children, Kabul Afghanistan
AU - Parpio, Yasmin Nadeem
AU - Farooq, Salima
AU - Zahid, Nida
AU - Abdul-Ghafar, Jamshid
AU - Rehman, Rehana
N1 - Funding Information:
The French Medical Institute for Mother and Children (FMIC) has been conducting postgraduate medical education (PGME) programme in Kabul, Afghanistan, since 2012 and it is the most standardised residency programme in that country. The programme is supported by the Ministry of Public Health (MoPH), Afghanistan, and the Aga Khan University (AKU), Karachi, Pakistan. The programme accepts students regardless of gender, religion and race. Successful candidates are the ones who meet the programme's competitive score on the entrance exam as well as pass the interview conducted by the MoPH, AKU and FMIC officials.
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PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Objective: To assess the perceptions of postgraduate medical education residents regarding educational environment at a medical institution in Afghanistan. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 2017 to 2018 at the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children, Kabul, Afghanistan, FMIC, and comprised postgraduate medical residents. Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure was administered to determine the perception of learning environment by the residents' perceptions related to learning, teachers, academic self-perception, atmosphere and social selfperceptions sub scales. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. Results: Of the 63 subjects, 55(87.30%) were males and 42(66.66%) were married. The overall mean age was 30 }4.38 years. There was no significant difference in mean subscales scores and overall scores in relation to participants' age, gender, type of specialty, province and year of training (p>0.05). There was a significant difference in students' perception of teachers in relation with the type of specialty (p<0.05). Conclusions: The educational environment at the medical institution in Afghanistan was perceived by the students of residency programme as conducive.
AB - Objective: To assess the perceptions of postgraduate medical education residents regarding educational environment at a medical institution in Afghanistan. Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 2017 to 2018 at the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children, Kabul, Afghanistan, FMIC, and comprised postgraduate medical residents. Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure was administered to determine the perception of learning environment by the residents' perceptions related to learning, teachers, academic self-perception, atmosphere and social selfperceptions sub scales. Data was analysed using SPSS 22. Results: Of the 63 subjects, 55(87.30%) were males and 42(66.66%) were married. The overall mean age was 30 }4.38 years. There was no significant difference in mean subscales scores and overall scores in relation to participants' age, gender, type of specialty, province and year of training (p>0.05). There was a significant difference in students' perception of teachers in relation with the type of specialty (p<0.05). Conclusions: The educational environment at the medical institution in Afghanistan was perceived by the students of residency programme as conducive.
KW - Afghanistan
KW - DREEM
KW - Dundee ready educational environmental measure
KW - Educational environment
KW - Residency programme
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U2 - 10.47391/JPMA.2138
DO - 10.47391/JPMA.2138
M3 - Article
C2 - 35614599
AN - SCOPUS:85128652334
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 72
SP - 669
EP - 673
JO - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 4
ER -