Table 7.

DREEM: students' perception of the atmosphere: mean scores for items in the subscale

		Class of 2008 Mean score			Class of 2009 Mean score
Students' perception of atmosphere	Whole survey Mean score (Std Dev.)	Main campus	Satellite 1	Satellite 2	Main campus	Satellite 1	Satellite 2
The atmosphere is relaxed during lecturesa	2.89 (0.665)	2.70	3.10	2.69	2.96	3.17	3.00
I feel able to ask the questions I want	2.40 (0.993)	2.41	2.80	2.50	2.30	2.75	2.48
I feel comfortable in class sociallyb	2.96 (0.668)	2.93	3.20	2.75	2.96	3.08	3.00
There are opportunities for me to develop interpersonal skills	2.87 (0.689)	2.95	2.90	2.40	2.92	2.75	2.71
The atmosphere is relaxed during seminars/tutorialsb	2.85 (0.614)	2.88	2.90	2.81	2.80	3.00	3.00
The enjoyment outweighs the stress of studying medicine	2.65 (0.948)	2.74	2.60	2.44	2.65	2.17	2.81
The atmosphere motivates me as a learnerb	2.68 (0.813)	2.73	2.80	2.19	2.70	2.58	2.76
I am able to concentrate well	2.50 (0.811)	2.65	2.60	2.63	2.46	2.50	2.19
The atmosphere is relaxed during clinical teaching	2.43 (0.823)	2.42	2.90	2.63	2.41	2.33	2.29
The school is well time tabled	2.37 (0.929)	2.40	2.30	2.50	2.24	2.83	2.67
I (do not)find the experience disappointingb,c,d	2.80 (0. 896)	2.68	2.90	2.50	2.82	2.73	3.19
Cheating is (not) a problem in this school	2.87 (0.946)	2.85	2.70	3.00	2.87	3.00	2.76

Significant intrasite differences: P<0.05; ^amain campus;

^dsatellite site 2.

Significant intersite differences: P<0.05; ^bclass of 2008;

^cclass of 2009.