Perception of educational environment as a predictor of academic performance in physiotherapy students
نویسندگان
1 Professor and Director, Department of Physiotherapy in Community Health, DY Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Associate Professor, Head of Department of Neurophysiotherapy, DY Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
3 Professor and Head, Department of Physiotherapy, T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
4 PhD Scholar, Department of Neurophysiotherapy, D. Y. Patil School of Physiotherapy, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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چکیده
BACKGROUND: Students’ perception of their academic environment has a substantial influenceon their actions, academic accomplishments, satisfaction, goal attainment, and behavior. The studywas carried out to evaluate the perception of academic environment in physiotherapy students, andto identify the specific domains which could act as predictors of academic performance.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive, cross-sectional research was conductedover 12 months using total population sampling. Three hundred and forty-three (139 postgraduateand 204 final year) final year and postgraduate physiotherapy students from five colleges ofMumbai and Navi Mumbai, who conformed to the inclusion benchmarks, participated in the study.Perception of educational environment was evaluated using Dundee Ready Education EnvironmentMeasure (DREEM). Academic performance was evaluated using the percentage obtained in thelast university examination. Data were entered in MS Excel (©Microsoft, USA) and converted toStata Version 15.1© StataCorp, College Station, for further analysis. The mean values and standarddeviations for perception of educational environment were calculated and linear regression modelswere used to conduct multivariate analysis for each item in the questionnaire.RESULTS: The mean total DREEM score of physiotherapy students was 129.97 ± 22.72. Studentswhose Students’ Academic Self‑perception scores were in the “Feeling more on the positive side”category showed a 4.17 point increase in percentage scores as compared with those who reportedfeeling like a total failure/had many negative aspects to their academic self‑perception (95% confidenceinterval [CI]: 2.46, 5.89; P < 0.001). Students whose Students’ Perception of Learning (SPoL) scoreswere in the “Teaching highly thought of” category showed a 2.75 point increase in percentage scoresas compared with those who viewed teaching poorly/negatively (95% CI: 0.44, 5.06; P = 0.02).CONCLUSION: Physiotherapy students had a “more positive than negative” view of the academicenvironment; however, a few “problematic areas” need to be remediated. Efforts to improve students’academic self-perception may improve their academic performance since this was the strongestpredictor of their academic performance, followed by total DREEM scores and SPoL.
