Evaluation of hospital-learning environment for pediatric residency in eastern region of Saudi Arabia.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

No study had been conducted to assess the hospitals' environment for learning purposes in multicenter sites in Saudi Arabia. It aims to evaluate the environment of hospitals for learning purposes of pediatric residents.

Methods

We applied Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) to measure the learning environment at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.

Results

The number of respondents was 104 (86.7%) out of 120 residents and 37 females and 67 male residents have responded. The residents' response scored 100 out of 160 maximum score in rating of PHEEM that showed overall learning environment is favorable for training. There were some items in the social support domain suggesting imp

SUBMITTER: BuAli WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4427858 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature