Students' perception of educational environment based on Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure and the role of peer mentoring: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The curricular reform at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Iran, has been implemented since 2011 when peer mentoring program started. The program is believed to have a crucial role in students' perception of the educational environment (EE). We aimed to determine how students perceive the educational environment and compared the mentees and non-mentees' perception of EE.

Methods

A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 190 first-year medical students enrolling at Tehran University of Medical Sciences from March to September 2019. A questionnaire was used to collect information on students' age, gender, marital status, dormitory status, and their mentoring status including satisfaction of mentor-mentee relationship. The study also employed

SUBMITTER: Behkam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8925203 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature