Dreem on: Validation of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure in Pakistan
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Date
2011
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Pakistan Medical Association
Abstract
Objectives: To validate DREEM in medical education environment of Punjab, Pakistan.
Methods: The DREEM questionnaire was anonymously collected from Final year Baccalaureate of
Medicine; Baccalaureate of Surgery students in the private and public medical colleges affiliated with the
University of Health Sciences, Lahore. Data was analyzed using Principal Component Analysis with
Varimax Rotation.
Results: The response rate was 84.14 %. The average DREEM score was 125. Confirmatory and Exploratory
Factor Analysis was applied under the conditions of eigenvalues>1 and loadings > 0.3. In CONFIRMATORY
FACTOR ANALYSIS, Five components were extracted accounting for 40.10% of variance and in
EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS, Ten components were extracted accounting for 52.33% of variance. Total
50 items had internal consistency reliability of 0.91 (Cronbach's Alpha). The value of Spearman-Brown was 0.868
showing the reliability of the analysis. In both analyses the subscales produced were sensible but the mismatch
from the original was largely due to the English-Pakistan contextual and cultural differences.
Conclusion: DREEM is a generic instrument that will do well with regional modifications to suit individual,
contextual and cultural settings.
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Cerebral ischaemia, Medical Education, Reperfusion
Citation
Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, Vol. 61, No. 9, September 2011