Nursing, Midwifery and Operations Room students` perception of the educational environment of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Educational environment is an effective factor in the success of the curriculum and the learning level of student. The purpose of this study was to determine the Nursing, Midwifery and Operations Room students` perception of the educational environment of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences based on DREEM model, 2016.

This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 293 second to eight semester nursing students; and third, fifth, and seventh semester midwifery and operating room students of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Iran 2016 selected by census sampling method. The data collection tool was a two-part questionnaire including demographic information and the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire completed by self-report. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 16 using descriptive statistics.

The results showed that 19.8% of the students evaluate the educational environment of the faculty as semi-desirable (with a lot of problems) and 75.8% evaluate it somewhat favorable (more positive than negative). 75.1% of nursing students, 72.2% of midwifery students and 80.8% of the operating room students were evaluated their educational environment to be somewhat favorable (more positive to negative).

Based on understanding the perception of nursing, midwifery and operating room students of the educational environment of the Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, administrators and managers should work to improve the educational environment. The familiarity of teachers with different dimensions of the educational environment and student satisfaction from every dimension seems to be necessary.