ArticleBMC medical education2021
Pre-medical students' perceptions of educational environment and their subjective happiness: a comparative study before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Abstract
backgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic necessarily changed pre-medical students' educational environment into an online format-and students' subjective happiness (SH) is highly impacted by their educational environment. This study investigates changes in pre-medical students' perceptions of their educational environment and their SH before and after the pandemic, as well as explores the predictors related to their SH.
methodsThe Korean version of the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire and single-item measures of SH and professional identity (PI) were used. The t-test was employed to analyze the differences of the SH, PI, and DREEM subscales scores before and after the onset of COVID-19. Cohen's d was used as effect size and correlations between SH and different subscales of DREEM were analyzed using Pearson's correlation. The multiple regression analysis was performed to reveal associations between predictors and SH.
resultsA total of 399 pre-medical students completed the survey both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The DREEM scores and all subscales scores significantly increased but each presents a different effect size. Students' Perceptions of Learning (SPL: Cohen's d = 0.97), Students' Perceptions of Teaching (SPT: Cohen's d = 1.13), and Students' Perceptions of Atmosphere (SPA: Cohen's d = 0.89) have large effect sizes. Students' Academic Self-Perceptions (SASP: Cohen's d = 0.66) have a medium effect size and Students' Social Self-Perceptions (SSSP: Cohen's d = 0.40) have a small effect size. In contrast, no significant change was noted in the SH and PI. Both PI and SSSP impacted SH before COVID-19, but after the pandemic, SH was impacted by SPL, SPA, and SSSP.
conclusionsStudents' overall perception of their educational environment was more positive after the onset of COVID-19, but their social self-perceptions improved the least. Additionally, SSSP is the only predictor of SH both before and after the pandemic. The findings of this study suggest that educational institutions must pay attention to students' social relationships when trying to improve their educational environment. Furthermore, so as to increase students' SH, development of both educational environment and PI is essential.
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