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Table 4 DREEM subscale statistics

From: The DREEM, part 1: measurement of the educational environment in an osteopathy teaching program

Subscale

Mean

Std. deviation

Subscale score interpretation

Alpha

Perception of teaching

34.42

6.25

‘A more positive approach’

0.870*

Perception of teachers

30.69

4.25

‘Moving in the right direction’

0.703^,#

Academic self-perception

21.08

3.86

‘Feeling more on the positive side’

0.670

Perception of atmosphere

33.15

5.37

‘A more positive atmosphere’

0.776%,!

Social self-perception

18.03

3.47

‘Not too bad’

0.502&

  1. Notes.
  2. *Improves to 0.873 if ‘The teaching over-emphasies factual learning’ is removed.
  3. ^Improves to 0.712 if ‘The teachers are authoritarian’ is removed.
  4. #Improves to 0.709 if ‘The students irritate the teachers’ is removed.
  5. %Improves to 0.780 if ‘The atmosphere is relaxed during clinic teaching’ is removed.
  6. ! Improves to 0.783 if ‘Cheating is a problem in this course’ is removed.
  7. &Improves to 0.540 if ‘I seldom feel lonely’ is removed.