TY - JOUR
T1 - Tale of two cities
T2 - Comparison of educational environment of two colleges (Jeddah and Rabigh) affiliated with one university
AU - Imran, Muhammad
AU - Shamim, Muhammad Shahid
AU - Baig, Mukhtiar
AU - Farouq, Mohamed
AU - Gazzaz, Zohair Jamil
AU - Al-Mutairi, Osama Mohammed
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate students’ perception about the educational environment at two medical colleges. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh and Jeddah campuses, in Saudi Arabia, during the first semester of the year 2014 using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure inventory. Data was collected from undergraduate medical students and analysed using SPSS 16. Results: Of the 279 subjects in the study, 141(50.5%) belonged to the Rabigh campus, and 138(49.5%) to the Jeddah campus. Overallmean Dundee Ready Education EnvironmentMeasure inventory score was 124.90±20.66. The score for Jeddah was 131.38±21.37 and for Rabigh it was 118.56±17.85 (p=0.0001). The difference was also statistically significant in all domains of the inventory (p<0.05 each). Conclusion: Students' perception of their educational environment was positive in both campuses, it was more positive in Jeddah compared to Rabigh.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate students’ perception about the educational environment at two medical colleges. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh and Jeddah campuses, in Saudi Arabia, during the first semester of the year 2014 using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure inventory. Data was collected from undergraduate medical students and analysed using SPSS 16. Results: Of the 279 subjects in the study, 141(50.5%) belonged to the Rabigh campus, and 138(49.5%) to the Jeddah campus. Overallmean Dundee Ready Education EnvironmentMeasure inventory score was 124.90±20.66. The score for Jeddah was 131.38±21.37 and for Rabigh it was 118.56±17.85 (p=0.0001). The difference was also statistically significant in all domains of the inventory (p<0.05 each). Conclusion: Students' perception of their educational environment was positive in both campuses, it was more positive in Jeddah compared to Rabigh.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 26968284
AN - SCOPUS:84959307533
SN - 0030-9982
VL - 66
SP - 316
EP - 319
JO - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
JF - Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
IS - 3
ER -
