Student centered curricular elements are associated with a healthier educational environment and lower depressive symptoms in medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Any curriculum change is essentially an environmental change; therefore there is a need to assess the impact of any change in the curriculum on the students' perception of the Educational Environment (EE) and psychological well-being. The objectives of the current study are to (i) compare the EE perceptions of medical students studying in a System Based Curriculum (SBC) with those studying in a traditional curriculum (ii) compare the rate of depressive symptoms among the same students studying in both types of curricula (iii) determine whether there is a difference in the EE perception and depressive symptoms based on gender and year of study.

Methods

A cross sectional survey was conducted in a Saudi Medical School from 2007-2011, a period in which the school tran

SUBMITTER: AlFaris EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4177056 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature