Gauging the learning environment at Damascus University Pharmacy School in Syria using the DREEM questionnaire: A cross-sectional study.

Ghaith Alfakhry, Rowaida Saymeh, Issam Jamous, Khaled Alhomsi

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Article in MedEdPublish (2016), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it

0cells of the map it votes in

4citing papers in PubMed

1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field

1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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Evaluation of the Undergraduate Learning Environment at Dental Schools in Syria.International dental journal · 2023
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Revealing the significant shortcomings in the learning environment at the three largest medical schools in Syria: what's next?BMC medical education · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ghaith AlfakhryEducation Quality and Scientific Research Office, Al-Sham Private University, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, NA, Syria.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9694-8554

Rowaida SaymehDepartment of Periodontology, Damascus University Faculty of Dentistry, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, NA, Syria.

Issam JamousProgram of Medical Education, Syrian Virtual University, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, NA, Syria.

Khaled AlhomsiScientific Research Office, Al-Sham Private University, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, NA, Syria.

Damascus University · SYSyrian Virtual University · SY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Damascus Universitydeveloping countryDREEM questionnairelearning environmentPharmacy educationquantitative studySyriaundergraduate education

Identifiers

PMID38205382

DOI10.12688/mep.19333.2

PMCPMC10776964

OpenAlexW4385737543

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