Abstract

DIAZ-VELIZ, Gabriela; MORA, Sergio  and  ESCANERO-MARCEN, Jesús F.. Educational environment analysis after implementation of the Bologna Plan in the Faculty of Medicine of University of Zaragoza, Spain: comparison with the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Chile. FEM (Ed. impresa) [online]. 2013, vol.16, n.3, pp.167-179. ISSN 2014-9840.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S2014-98322013000300008.

Aim. It is accepted that the educational environment affects aptitudes, knowledge, behaviors, academic achievements and satisfaction degrees among the students. In this study we analyzed the changes of education environment perception declared by the students of the Medical School from the University de Zaragoza, Spain, as a consequence of the curricular changes applied according to the rules established by the Bologna Plan, which begun to be applied in the first degree in 2009. Subjects and methods. The DREEM questionnaire (Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure) was used to evaluate the educational environment perception among the medical students belonging both to the first and third degree, 2008, and the third degree, 2011-2012. The perception of the medical students of the University of Chile, during similar periods, was taken as reference or control. Results. After the Bologna Plan application, the education environment perception has significantly decayed among the students of the University of Zaragoza in every of the DREEM questionnaire items (teaching perception, teachers perception, academic self-perception, environment perception and social self-perception). Conclusions. These apparently negative results of the Bologna Plan in the Zaragoza Medical School could be attributed to an inappropriate conduction by teachers and Faculty members.

Keywords : Bologna Plan; DREEM; Educational environment; Medical students; Student perceptions.

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