Validation and Use of an Instrument to Measure the Learning Environment as Perceived by Medical Students
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Jammie Price Ph.D., Professor (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Abstract: Background: Aiming to inform curriculum changes in medical school, we developed, administered, and validated a 31-question survey to measure the learning environment as perceived by medical students.
Description: We administered the survey annually in 4 medical school classes in a Southeastern medical school from May 1994 through May 1997 (N = 619).
Evaluation: The survey responses reflected 3 dimensions of the medical school learning environment: the teacher-learner relationship (T-L R), the physician-patient relationship (Phys-Pt R), and self-efficacy. We found that the 3 dimensions are equally valid and reliable for all students, but that the mean values on all 3 dimensions differed by year in school and number of survey responses.
Conclusions: As students progress through school, they perceive deteriorating T-L Rs, feel diminishing self-efficacy, and accord less value to the Phys-Pt R. Based on these results, we developed training programs for faculty members to promote teaching attributes known to facilitate relationship formation between teacher and learner, and learner-centered and self-directed learning.
Validation and Use of an Instrument to Measure the Learning Environment as Perceived by Medical Students
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- Publication
- Pololi, L. and Price, J. (2000) Validation and Use of an Instrument to Measure the Learning Environment as Perceived by Medical Students. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 12(4):201-207 (Autumn 2000). Published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (ISSN: 1040-1334).
- Language: English
- Date: 2000