Perception on preclinical educational environment by 1st to 4th year nursing students at University Diego Portales, Santiago, Ch

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Cáneo M, Brizuela MJ, Muñoz P, Pérez G, Solsona D. Percepción del ambiente educacional preclínico en estudiantes de 1º a 4º año de enfermería de la Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago (Chile). Rev. iberoam. educ. investi. Enferm. 2016; 6(2):37-45.

Authors

1 Marianella Cáneo, 2 Maria Jesús Brizuela, 2 Perla Muñoz, 2 Gonzalo Pérez, 2 Danitza Solsona

Position

1 Enfermera Matrona. Universidad Diego Portales (UDP), Santiago, Chile. 2 Estudiante de Enfermería, UDP

Contact email: marianella.caneo@udp.cl

Abstract

Purpose: the environment where education is carried out is very important when deciding permanence and assessing satisfaction by students in the institution.
To assess the perception on education environment (EE) by nursing students at University Diego Portales (UDP), Santiago de Chile, Chile.
Methods: a descriptive, cross-sectional design with intentional sampling was used, with 446 students being included, using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) in Spanish. Differences between EE domains and years were analyzed by means of ANOVA and Spearman test, with a 95% level of significance (p < 0.05).
Results: average overall score for EE in all years was 130 over 200 (SD 22), corresponding to 65% of maximum score, which is a rather positive perception. First-year students show highest means both overall and in specific EE domains (p < 0.0001), with scores being gradually lower for later years.
Correlation analysis of EE domains showed that perception on teaching domain has a significant impact on perception on other domains (p < 0.0001).
Discussion: perception on EE is similar to other university studies, with a clear-cut reduction being observed after the first year and a correlation being present between perception on teaching and perception on other domains.
Conclusion: although results were rather positive, some areas can be clearly identified where strategies for improvement should be designed.

Keywords:

students; nursing; personal satisfaction; nursing research; questionnaires

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Percepción del ambiente educacional preclínico en estudiantes de 1º a 4º año de enfermería de la Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago (Chile)

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