Table 4.

Correlations of learning environment scales with external variables for respondents who completed the surveys (n=369)

	Overall quality of learning environmenta)		Education is excellenta)		Would recommend to a frienda)		Personal growth scale totalb)
	JHLES	DREEM	JHLES	DREEM	JHLES	DREEM	JHLES	DREEM
All schools	0.55	0.44	0.64	0.65	0.66	0.57	0.55	0.50
PUGSOM	0.47	0.44	0.48	0.55	0.61	0.68	0.61	0.61
CUCMS	0.58	0.44	0.65	0.65	0.67	0.52	0.60	0.55
PURSCI	0.54	0.49	0.66	0.70	0.67	0.65	0.48	0.47

Bold values are significant at P<0.05.

CUCMS, Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences; PUGSOM, Perdana University Graduate School of Medicine; PURCSI, Perdana University-Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland School of Medicine; JHLES, Johns Hopkins Learning Environment Scale; DREEM, Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure.

^a)Spearman rho presented for the three single-item global learning environment assessment variables.

^b)Pearson r presented for the personal growth scale.