29 December 2022 : Database Analysis
A Systematic Review of Publications Using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) to Monitor Education in Medical Colleges in Saudi Arabia
Manea M. Al-AhmariACE, Mohammed M. Al MoaleemACEF, Razan Ahmad KhudhayrBG, Athar Ali SulailyBG, Balqees Ahmed M. AlhazmiBG, Mousa Ismail S. AlAliliBG, Abdulrahman Mushabbab AlqahtaniBG, Haya Sultan N. AlassafBG, Imtinan Ahmed Madkhali, Asma Mohammed ShagagiBG, Ibtisam Mohammed MasoudBG, Ali Mohammed RizqBGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.938987
Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e938987
Table 4 Total studies (n=40) conducted in Saudi Arabia that used Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure in Medical (n=25), Applied Medical Science (n=5), and Dental (n=10) colleges.
| Researcher(s)/publication year/College, University, City | Sample size, response rate, educational levels (%), male: female (%) | Overall DREEM score/200 | Mean of subscale and domains | Outcome of gender and educational levels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| / 2022 []MC, UQU ()36 | 390/; 40% 19%; 21%’ 23%; 27%; 11% 41%: 59% | ↔ Genders, ELs | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 42.1 | 37.7 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 42.4 | 40.4 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 28.0 | 28.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 37.9 | 38.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 23.0 | 23.7 | |||||||||||||
| /2022 []MC, JU ()37 | 334/; NM 17%; 19%; 22%; 22%; 21% 51%: 49% | (SPL) 23.0(SPT) 23.8(SASP) 19.1(SPA) 24.2(SSSP) 14.7 | ↔ Genders, ELs | |||||||||||
| /2021 []MC, KSAU-HS and National Guard Health Affairs, ()38 | 220/; 100% 16%; 50%; 22%; 12% 65%: 35% | (SPL) 30.2(SPT) 28.5(SASP) 21.2(SPA) 31.4(SSSP) 18.4 | ↔ Gender, ELs (Study phases) | |||||||||||
| /2020 []MC, Ibn Sina National College for Medical Studies ()39 | 340/; NM to year | (SPL) 26.6(SPT) 26.4(SASP) 26.5(SPA) 29.5(SSSP) 15.3 | ↔ Genders, ELs | |||||||||||
| 126.8; 108.5; 98.7; 120.0; 121.5 | ||||||||||||||
| /2020 []MC, BU ()40 | , , year | (SPL) 31.0(SPT) 27.0(SASP) 21.0(PA) 31.0(SSSP) 19.0 | ↔ ELs | |||||||||||
| /2019 []MC, IA-RBFU ()41 | 238/; 46% 62%; 38%; 25%; 44%; 59% | ↔ ELs (Preclinical ↑ than clinical) | ||||||||||||
| 110.6, 126.5, 121.6, 109.4, 103.8 year | (SPL) 27.0 | 24.0 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 26.3 | 23.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 19.8 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 28.1 | 26.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 15.2 | 16.4 | |||||||||||||
| /2019 []MC, IA-RBFU ()42 | 121/; 100% 65%: 35% | (SPL) 29.3(SPT) 28.5(SASP) 19.2(SPA) 31.9(SSSP) 17.4 | ↔ Genders | |||||||||||
| Soliman et al/2017 []MC, KSU (Riyadh)43 | 62/; 35% year 53%: F 47% | (SPL) 32.1(SPT) 29.8(SASP) 22.8(SPA) 33.1(SSSP) 19.5 | ↔ subscales | |||||||||||
| /2017 []MC, TU ()44 | 221/; 69% to year 43%: 57% | ↔ Genders | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 23.5 | 24.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 22.0 | 26.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 15.4 | 14.9 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 22.1 | 23.7 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 15.4 | 15.2 | |||||||||||||
| /2016 []Good table indexMC, KA-ZU ()45 | 279/; 97% 51% 49% 24%; 17%; 22%; 21%; 16% | ↔ ELs, Colleges | ||||||||||||
| ↑ | (SPL) 28.1 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 26.5 | 28.8 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 19.5 | 21.3 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 28.6 | 31.5 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 15.9 | 18.5 | |||||||||||||
| /2016 []MC, KSA, KSAU-HS, IMSIU, A-FU ()46 | 193/; 46% yearM 67%: 33% | ↔ Genders and universities | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 34.3 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 28.2 | ||||||||||
| (SPT) | 35.6 | 22.2 | 25.5 | 28.2 | ||||||||||
| (SASP) | 25.1 | 19.9 | 20.3 | 21.1 | ||||||||||
| SPA | 34.7 | 24.9 | 14.9 | 28.5 | ||||||||||
| (SSSP) | 17.9 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 15.6 | ||||||||||
| /2014 []MC, DU ()47 | 573/; NM 42%: 58% | (SPL) 25.7(SPT) 26.6(SASP) 19.2(SPA) 28.1(SSSP) 19.4 | ↔ Genders | |||||||||||
| /2014 []MC, KSU ()48 | 1132/; NM to years 68%; 32% | ↔ Genders, ELs | ||||||||||||
| Male; | Females; | |||||||||||||
| (1) 103.56 | (104.70) | 107.43 | ||||||||||||
| (2) 88.40 | (90.69) | 98.20 | ||||||||||||
| (3) 90.17 | (91.95) | 95.99 | ||||||||||||
| (4) 93.14 | (93.77) | 95.08 | ||||||||||||
| (5) 97.07 | (91.50) | 80.46 | ||||||||||||
| / 2013 []MC, JU ()49 | 76/; 100% 36; year 40 | ↔ ELs | ||||||||||||
| (102.36), and (91.36) | (SPL) | 21.9 | 19.3 | |||||||||||
| (SPT) 2 | 26.7 | 22.8 | ||||||||||||
| (SASP) | 16.1 | 16.4 | ||||||||||||
| (SPA) | 21.5 | 19.8 | ||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 1 | 16.1 | 13.1 | ||||||||||||
| /2013 []MC, JU ()50 | 40/; 89% year | (SPL) 19.3(SPT) 22.8(SASP) 16.4(SPA) 19.8(SSSP) 13.1 | ||||||||||||
| / 2013 []MC, TU-Al Maddinah ()51 | 845/; 71% (2007/2008) and 60% (2010/2011) 44%: 567% | 2007/2008 | -(2010/2011) | ↔ Genders, ELs | ||||||||||
| (SPL) 25.8 | 27.89 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 23.2 | 28.89 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 18.2 | 19.97 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 30.5 | 32.34 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 16.3 | 12.99 | |||||||||||||
| 2007/2008 | -(2010/2011) | |||||||||||||
| (SPL) 25.2 | 25.9 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 23.5 | 27.2 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 18.4 | 19.7 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 29.3 | 30.3 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 16.9 | 13.3 | |||||||||||||
| / 2013 []MC, QU ()52 | 454/; 97%Basic and clinical phases 61%: 39% | ↔ Gender, ELs (Basic and clinical phases) | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 25.6 | 25.1 | 24.9 | 26.3 | ||||||||||
| (SPT) | 25.3 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 25.9 | ||||||||||
| (SASP) | 19.1 | 20.1 | 19.4 | 19.5 | ||||||||||
| (SPA) | 25.9 | 25.1 | 25.9 | 25.7 | ||||||||||
| (SSSP) | 15.6 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.7 | ||||||||||
| /2012 []MC, KSBA-ZUHS and KSU ()53 | 101/; 73% (KSBA-ZUHS) and 23% (KSU)All levels | More positive in KSAU-HS and border in KS | SD between scanned colleges | |||||||||||
| (SPL) 36.4 | 23.2 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 25.5 | ( | 23.8 | ||||||||||||
| (SASP) 19.8 | 13.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 32.8 | 24.7 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 16.8 | ( | 15.4 | ||||||||||||
| / 2012 []MC, KFMC ()54 | 237/; 85% 31%; 36%; 11%; 13%; 10% 73%: 27% | (SPL) 25.9(SPT) 22.9(SASP) 18.9(SPA) 25.5(SSSP) 15.1 | ↔ Gender, EL | |||||||||||
| / 2012 []MC, KKU ()55 | 100/; 76%. 36%; 22%; 18% | ↔ ELs | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 28.6 | 26.5 | 24.4 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 22.9 | 24.8 | 23.3 | ||||||||||||
| (SASP) 20.3 | 19.1 | 16.8 | ||||||||||||
| (SPA) 25.2 | 26.3 | 24.3 | ||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 18.1 | 18.6 | 17.1 | ||||||||||||
| / 2011 []MC, KSU ()56 | 222/; 45% 19%; 25%, 12%; 25%, 19% 44%: 56% 70%: 30% | (SPL) 19.5(SPT) 22.2(SASP) 14.8(SPA) 21.3(SSSP) 12.9 | ↔ Genders ↔ Els (Preclinical and clinical) | |||||||||||
| Preclinical Clinical | ||||||||||||||
| / 2010 []MC, KFMC, KSU, ()57 | 137/; 80% 59%; 22%; 19% 80%: 20% | (SPL) 29.0(SPT) 25.3(SASP) 19.9(SPA) 27.3(SSSP) 16.6 | ↔ Genders, ELs | |||||||||||
| / 2009 []MC, TU-Al Maddinah ()58 | 204/; 79%Clinical , , 52%: 48% | ↔ Genders | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 24.1 | 26.5 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 22.5 | 24.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 18.8 | 19.3 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 24.5 | 26.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 17.3 | 16.6 | |||||||||||||
| / 2004 []MC, KA-ZU; UQU; SU; DU ()59 | 1072/; 95%-KAU; 75%-UQU; 81%-SN; 78%-DU 65%: 35% | SD ↔ Genders, Universities | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 23 | 25 | 24 | 34 | ||||||||||
| (SPT) 2 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 29 | ||||||||||
| (SASP) | 17 | 18 | 17 | 23 | ||||||||||
| (SPA) | 23 | 25 | 23 | 35 | ||||||||||
| (SSSP) 1 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 20 | ||||||||||
| / 2004 []MC, KA-ZU ()60 | 450/; NM, 26%; , 24%; , 31%; 19% | (SPL) 22.0(SPT) 24.0(SASP) 17.0(SPA) 23.0(SSSP) 15.0 | ||||||||||||
| / 2021 []AMSC, KKU ()61 | 646/; 100%Different health specialties 38%: 62% | (SPL) 26.0(SPT) 23.1(SASP) 22.1(SPA) 24.0(SSSP) 19.0 | ↔ Genders, Specialties | |||||||||||
| 117.0; 112.2 | ||||||||||||||
| / 2019 []AMSC, KSAU-HS ()62 | 243/; 99% 21%; 50%; 29% | (SPL) 34.6(SPT) 27.7(SASP) 21.5(SPA) 28.2(SSSP) 17.8 | ↔ EL | |||||||||||
| /2019 []MC, DC, NC, AMSC, KSU ()63 | 1185/; NM | ↔ Genders, ELs, Colleges | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 25.7 | 28.2 | 13.9 | 11.8 | ||||||||||
| MC (110.7) | DC (120.5) | (SPT) | 23.6 | 26.5 | 15.2 | 13.7 | ||||||||
| NC (57.5) | AMS (63.5) | (SASP) | 19.5 | 21.0 | 8.2 | 7.6 | ||||||||
| 92.8; 84.7 | (SPA) | 24.8 | 27.1 | 15.5 | 14.9 | |||||||||
| (SSSP) | 16.4 | 17.5 | 160.0 | 9.19 | ||||||||||
| /2017 []AMSC, TU-()64 | 714/; 95%All levels students | ↔ Genders, ELs | ||||||||||||
| SPL) 27.3 | 24.0 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 26.2 | 23.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 19.8 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 28.1 | 26.1 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 15.2 | 16.4 | |||||||||||||
| /2012 []AMSC, UQU ()65 | 100/; NM 80%; 20% | ↔ ELs | ||||||||||||
| 141.3 146.6 | SPL) 36.7 | 38.2 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 30.3 | 32.0 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 22.1 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 32.8 | 33.0 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 18.7 | 19.4 | |||||||||||||
| /2021 []DC, Mustaqbal University ()66 | /; 77% 34%; 22%; 23%; 21% 44%: 56% | (SPL) 32.8(SPT) 27.4(SASP) 21.9(SPA) 31.2(SSSP) 17.5 | ↔ Genders, ELs | |||||||||||
| 139.5; 119.3; 136.7; 129.6 | ||||||||||||||
| / 2021 []DC, JU ()20 | 272/; 61% to year Preclinical 52%; Clinical 48% 57%: 43% | ↔ Genders, ELs (preclinical and clinical phases) | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 31.9 | 30.8 | |||||||||||||
| 126.2 | (125.1) | 124.1 | (SPT) 26.3 | 26.1 | ||||||||||
| (SASP) 21.9 | 21.9 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 28.3 | 27.9 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 17.8 | 17.5 | |||||||||||||
| / 2020 []DC, JU ()21 | 286/; 86% 24%; 27%; 22%; 27% | (SPL) 32.1(SPT) 29.1(SASP) 21.7(SPA) 30.0(SSSP) 17.5 | ↔ ELs ↔ Genders | |||||||||||
| / 2020 []DC, KA-ZU ()67 | 217/; 44%; ; years 42%: 58% | ↔ ELs ↔ Genders | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 26.7 | 31.1 | 32.3 | 30.4 | 29.2 | |||||||||
| (SPT) | 22.5 | 24.7 | 256.9 | 22.9 | 22.9 | |||||||||
| (SASP) | 20.8 | 22.5 | 23.8 | 20.9 | 20.0 | |||||||||
| (SPA) | 28.9 | 30.8 | 34.3 | 28.7 | 26.7 | |||||||||
| (SSSP) | 18.3 | 19.8 | 21.6 | 18.5 | 17.1 | |||||||||
| / 2018 []DC, KSU ()68 | 302/; 61% year and 44%: 56% | ↔ GPA and marital status | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 27.9 | 23.9 | |||||||||||||
| (SPT) 26.1 | 22.3 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 20.1 | 18.4 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 29.9 | 24.2 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 16.5 | 13.0 | |||||||||||||
| / 2016 []DC, TU-Al Maddinah ()69 | 110/; 91% 49%; 42%; 9% 53%: Fs 47% | (SPL) 19.4(SPT) 19.4(SASP) 17.2(SPA) 18.4(SSSP) 13.8 | ↔ Genders | |||||||||||
| / 2015 []DC, DU ()70 | 55/; 72%Different level 46%: 54% | ↔ Genders | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) | 28.2 | 25.9 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) | 25.1 | 23.9 | ||||||||||||
| (SASP) | 19.7 | 16.1 | ||||||||||||
| (SPA) | 26.3 | 24.6 | ||||||||||||
| (SSSP) | 15.3 | 14.9 | ||||||||||||
| / 2015 []DC, TU-Al Maddinah ()71 | 64/; 97% (2009) and 100% (2014) year | ↔ ELs | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 20.5 | 21.6 | 19.4 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 21.2 | 21.3 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||
| (SASP) 17.3 | 17.7 | 16.9 | ||||||||||||
| (SPA) 21.4 | 21.5 | 21.3 | ||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 10.0 | 10.2 | 9.8 | ||||||||||||
| /2015 []DC, DU ()72 | /; 82% to year 85%: 15% | (SPL) 23.7(SPT)22.1(SASP)14.8(SPA) 22.8(SSSP)14.3 | ↔ Genders, GPA | |||||||||||
| / 2013 []DC, TU-Al Maddinah ()73 | 34/; 97% and years | ↔ ELs | ||||||||||||
| (SPL) 23.7 | ( | 19.5 | ||||||||||||
| (SPT) 28.4 | 20.6 | |||||||||||||
| (SASP) 21.0 | 14.5 | |||||||||||||
| (SPA) 25.2 | 21.8 | |||||||||||||
| (SSSP) 15.7 | 12.7 | |||||||||||||
| UQU – Umm Al-Qura University; JU – Jazan University; MC – Medical college; KSAU-HS – King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; BU – Bisha University; IA-RBFU – Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University; KSU – King Saud University; TU – Tabuk University; KA-ZU – King Abdulaziz University; IMSIU – Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University; A-FU – Al-Faisal University; DU – Dammam University; QU – Qassim university; TU-Al Maddinah – Taibah University; KFMC – King Fahad Medical City; KKU – King Khalid University; SU – Sana’a University; DU – Dundee University; AMSC – Applied Medical Sciences Colleges; RR – response rate; NM – not mentioned; Ms – Males; Fs – Females; ↑ – Higher; EL– educational level; ↔ – between; SD – Significant different; NSD – non-significant different; SPL – students’ perceptions of learning; SPT – students’ perceptions of teachers; SPA – students’ perceptions of atmosphere; SASP – students’ academic self-perception: SSSP – students’ social self-perception. | ||||||||||||||