Reflections on using a postgraduate educational environment measure.
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to use an educational environment measure to learn more about our postgraduate psychiatry education program, in order to gain further insights into areas for development. The educational environment includes such things as atmosphere and facilities. A secondary aim was to explore if different types of trainees experienced any aspects of the educational environment differently.


CONCLUSIONS
The education environment measure used was able to reveal areas of the educational environment which trainees did not feel were adequate, as well as differences between how different trainees perceive some aspects of the educational environment. This allowed us to understand where improvements which we had not previously considered should be made to the educational environment.
Consultant Psychiatrist, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Furness General, Barrow-in-Furness, UK adam.joiner@cumbria.nhs.uk.
Adam B
AB
Joiner
Consultant Psychiatrist, Director of Medical Education, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Carleton Clinic, Carlisle, UK.
Samuel P
SP
Dearman
D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom
curriculum evaluation; educational environment; postgraduate