J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2015;12:14. 10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.14.

Evaluation of hospital-learning environment for pediatric residency in eastern region of Saudi Arabia

• BuAli WH
• Khan AS
• Al-Qahtani MH
• aldossary

• KMID: 2402021
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.14

Abstract

PURPOSE
No study had been conducted to assess the hospitals' environment for learning purposes in multicenter sites in Saudi Arabia. It aims to evaluate the environment of hospitals for learning purposes of pediatric residents.
METHODS
We applied Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) to measure the learning environment at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.
RESULTS
The number of respondents was 104 (86.7%) out of 120 residents and 37 females and 67 male residents have responded. The residents' response scored 100 out of 160 maximum score in rating of PHEEM that showed overall learning environment is favorable for training. There were some items in the social support domain suggesting improvements. There was no significant difference between male and female residents. There was a difference among the participant teaching hospitals (p<0.05).
CONCLUSION
The result pointed an overall positive rating. Individual item scores suggested that their social life during residency could be uninspiring. They have the low satisfactory level and they feel racism, and sexual discrimination. Therefore, there is still a room for improvement.

Keyword

Teaching hospitals; Internship and Residency; Learning; Pediatrics; Saudi Arabia; Social Support

MeSH Terms

Surveys and Questionnaires
Discrimination (Psychology)
Female
Hospitals, Teaching
Humans
Internship and Residency*
Learning
Male
Pediatrics
Racism
Saudi Arabia*

Figure

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  Fig. 1. Box plot showing the Max - Q3 - Median - Q1 – Min at six hospitals as regard to all domains of Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure measured from residents at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.

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  Fig. 2. Box plot showing the Max - Q3 - Median - Q1 – Min at six hospitals as regard to autonomy domain of Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure measured from residents at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.

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  Fig. 3. Box plot showing the Max - Q3 - Median - Q1 – Min at six hospitals as regard to teaching domain of Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure measured from residents at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.

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  Fig. 4. Box plot showing the Max - Q3 - Median - Q1 – Min at six hospitals as regard to social domain of Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure measured from residents at six teaching hospitals in the Eastern Region of Saudi Arabia from September to December 2013.

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