Perception of the Educational Environment of Post-graduate Residents in Teaching Hospitals across Pakistan
Saed Aftab Ahmad, Aftab Anwar, Hamza Tahir, Mahnoor Mohydin, Fatima Gauhar, Rabia Aslam, Kumail Sajjad, Wali Haider Zaidi
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To evaluate the perception of educational environment of post-graduate
residents in teaching hospitals of Pakistan.
Methodology:
This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted
in four tertiary care hospitals in Pakistan from January 2020 to November 2020.The
Post-graduate Hospital Education Environment Measure (PHEEM) inventory (40
items on a 0-4 Likert scale) was distributed among 195 post-graduate residents
of multiple specialties by convenience non-probability sampling technique.
Response was recorded into three subscales which included perception of
teaching, role of autonomy and social support. The total score of these three
domains had a combined maximum and minimum of 160 and 0, respectively.
Results: Cumulative mean score obtained in our study showed a total score of
23.69 ± 16.247 / 56 for the theme: Perception of Role of autonomy, 24.17 ±
16.928 / 60 for Perception of Teaching and 19.35 ± 13.224 / 44 for Perception
of Social Support.
Conclusion: There are no drastic flaws in the post-graduate
medical education residency-training program currently running in Pakistan.
However, there is need for further improvement in teaching attitude of
instructors and the need to eradicate discriminatory behavior felt by the post-graduate
residents in certain circumstances.
Keywords: Perception,
Educational environment, Postgraduate Residents, Pakistan