Measuring the educational environment in a Sri Lankan medical school following curricular revision

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Guide to interpretation of overall and sub-scale scores of DREEM

Score		Interpretation (categories)
DREEM score	0–50	Very poor
	51–100	Plenty of problems
	101–150	More positive than negative
	151–200	Excellent
SPL	0–12	Very poor
	13–24	Teaching is viewed negatively
	25–36	A more positive approach
	37–48	Teaching highly thought of
SPT	0–11	Abysmal
	12–22	In need of some retraining
	23–33	Moving in the right direction
	34–44	Model teachers
SAP	0–8	Feeling of total failure
	9–16	Many negative aspects
	17–24	Feeling more on the positive side
	25–32	Confident
SPA	0–12	A terrible environment
	13–24	There are many issues that need changing
	25–36	A more positive atmosphere
	37–48	A good feeling overall
SSP	0–7	Miserable
	8–14	Not a nice place
	15–21	Not too bad
	22–28	Very good socially

DREEM Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure, SPL students’ perceptions of learning, SPT students’ perceptions of teachers, SAP students’ academic self-perceptions, SPA students’ perceptions of atmosphere, SSP students’ social self-perceptions

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