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Perceptions of the educational environment among undergraduate physical therapy students in a competency-based curriculum at the University of Chile.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:This study aimed to assess the educational environment (EE) among students in a physical therapy undergraduate program, to identify patterns in EE perceptions among the students by year, and to determine issues that should be addressed. METHODS:The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used to explore the relationships among the total mean score, subscales, and items in a competency-based curriculum in the physical therapy program at the University of Chile. The DREEM questionnaire was filled out by 166 of 244 students (68.03%), of whom 56.6% were men and 43.4% were women, with 75.9% between 19 and 23 years of age. RESULTS:The total mean score (120.9/200) indicated that the EE was perceived as 'more positive than negative.' There were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (113.41), who reported the lowest total mean score, and fourth-year students (126.60), who had the highest total mean score. Students rated their EE favorably on each subscale except social self-perceptions, which second-year students rated as 'not too bad,' and for which first-, third-, and fourth-year students gave a rating corresponding to 'not a nice place.' On the perceptions of teachers subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (28.05/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44) and between second-year students (28.72/44) and fourth-year students (32.24/44). On the academic self-perceptions subscale, there were significant differences (P<0.05) between first-year students (18.12/32) and second-year (21.68/32), third-year (22.33/32), and fourth-year students (21.87/32). CONCLUSION:Physical therapy students at the University of Chile had positive perceptions of their EE. First-year students rated the largest number of items as problematic. Improvements are required across the program in the specific subscales mentioned above.

SUBMITTER: Quiroga-Maraboli P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6545526 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceptions of the educational environment among undergraduate physical therapy students in a competency-based curriculum at the University of Chile.

Quiroga-Marabolí Pablo P Antúnez-Riveros Marcela Andrea MA Aguirre-Jerez Marcela M Saldaña Alvaro Besoain AB Peralta-Camposano José J Bahillo María Pilar Ruiz de Gauna MPRG

Journal of educational evaluation for health professions 20190508

<h4>Purpose</h4>This study aimed to assess the educational environment (EE) among students in a physical therapy undergraduate program, to identify patterns in EE perceptions among the students by year, and to determine issues that should be addressed.<h4>Methods</h4>The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire was used to explore the relationships among the total mean score, subscales, and items in a competency-based curriculum in the physical therapy program at the Univ ...[more]

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Perceptions of the educational environment among undergraduate physical therapy students in a competency-based curriculum at the University of Chile.

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