title: Moroccan medical students' perceptions of their educational environment.
abstract: This study aimed to assess students' perceptions of their educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, in which medical students' perceptions of their educational environment were assessed using the DREEM criteria during the 2013-2014 academic years. The DREEM inventory encompasses 50 items divided into five subdomains: perceptions of learning, perceptions of teaching, academic self-perceptions, perceptions of atmosphere, and social self-perceptions. The DREEM has a maximum score of 200, which would correspond to a perfect educational environment. The mean scores (±standard deviation) of students' responses were compared according to their year of study and gender. The responses of 189 postgraduate medical students were included. The mean total DREEM score was 90.8 (45.4%). The mean total scores for five subdomains were 21.2/48 (44.2%), 21.8/44 (49.6%), 13.1/32 (40.9%), 19.0/48 (39.6%), and 15.6/28 (55.7%) respectively. Female students reported higher perceptions of teaching scores than males (P=0.002), and students in their fifth year of study reported significantly higher social self-perceptions scores than those in their fourth year (P=0.03). In this study of the oldest faculty of medicine in Morocco, students perceived the educational environment as having many problems.
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Jihane
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5617-5860
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belayachi
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.|Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Rachid
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-1576-5204
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Razine
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.|Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amina
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2620-8008
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boufars
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.|Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Asma
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8229-1539
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saadi
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Naoufal
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7336-6386
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Madani
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, Military Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Souad
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4852-0190
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chaouir
authors.affiliation: Medical Emergency Department, Ibn Sina University Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.|Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical and Epidemiological Research, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Redouane
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6117-4341
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abouqal
keywords: Cross-sectional studies; Medical students; Morocco; Self-concept; Social perception