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Table 5 Mean (Percentage) of subscale and total DREEM scores for Rafsanjan University Medical Sciences students by year of enrolment at 2011 and 2015

From: Improving students’ learning environment by DREEM: an educational experiment in an Iranian medical sciences university (2011–2016)

Subscale

1st year

2nd year

3rd year

4th year

Total

P-value

2011

2016

2011

2016

2011

2016

2011

2016

2011

2016

Perception of learning

(max = 48)

28.39

(59.1)

29.4

(61.2.)

27.06

(56.4)

28.13

(58.6.)

26.16

(54.3)

30.75

(64.1)

28.97

(60.3)

29.84

(62.2)

27.4

(57.2)

29.56

(61.6)

… ..

Perception of teachers

(max 44)

26.49

(60.2)

26.1

(59.3)

23.23

(52.8)

23.86

(54.2)

23.21

(52.7)

25.07

(56.9)

25.38

(57.7)

26.39

(59.9)

24.60

(55.9)

25.33

(57.6)

0.001

Academic self-perception

(max =38)

20.88

(65.2)

24.71

(77.4)

20.8

(65.0)

23.97

(74.0)

19.8

(61.9)

25.96

(80.9)

20.63

(64.5)

24.37

(78.5)

20.5

(64.1)

24.71

(77.8)

0.48

Perceptions of atmosphere

(max =48)

28.29

(58.94)

28.85

(60.1)

25.69

(53.5)

26.94

(55.5)

25.9

(53.9)

29.15

(60.7)

27.19

(56.6)

28.28

(58.9)

26.8

(55.8)

28.13

(58.6)

0.008

Social self-perception

(max =28)

15.66

(55.95)

17.79

(63.5)

15.68

(56)

17.78

(63.5)

16.19

(57.8)

18.65

(66.6)

15.3

(54.6)

17.28

(61.7)

15.7

(56.1)

17.83

(63.7)

0.8

Total DREEM

119.7

(56.86)

124.65

(62.38)

112.49 (56.24)

118.14

(59.0)

111.19 (55.59)

127.62

(63.81)

117.5 (58.75)

124.17

(62.08)

113.5 (56.74)

123.48

(61.74)

0.03

  1. Abbreviations: DREEM, Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure; SD, standard deviation