title: Students' perspectives on the educational environment, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Trinidad.
abstract: The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) was administered to 70 final-year medical students and 36 first-year medical interns (pre-registration house officers). The overall total mean DREEM scores for the five subscales-namely, students' perceptions of the atmosphere, students' perceptions of learning, students' social self-perceptions, students'perceptions of teachers and students' academic self-perceptions-was 109.9 and the total mean scores for the subgroups-male students, male interns, female students and female interns-were 103.39, 111.82, 111.33 and 113.15, respectively. The lowest scores were assigned to students' social self-perceptions and students' perceptions of the atmosphere. All of the participants except the male interns recorded the highest scores for the subscale academic self-perceptions.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, Trinidad. electivestudents@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Bharat
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bassaw
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roff
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McAleer
authors.forename: Syam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roopnarinesingh
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Lisle
authors.forename: Surujpaul
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teelucksingh
authors.forename: Shireen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gopaul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000592:standards*; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D012577:Schools, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D012649:Self Concept; D012737:Sex Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago