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Table 3.

DREEM Item Scores for the Different Semester Students

Domain	Item		5th semester (n=80)	7th semester (n = 62)	9th semester (n = 76)	Intern (n = 44)	Total (n = 262)
SPT	2.	The teachers are knowledgeable	3.40±0.54	2.82±0.77^c)	2.76±1.02^c)	3.05±0.60	3.02±0.81
	6.	The teachers are patient with patients	2.49±0.90	2.29±0.82	2.43±1.01	2.71±0.59	2.46±0.88
	8.	The teachers ridicule the students	2.40±1.04	2.42±1.02	2.32±1.18	2.23±0.89	2.36±1.05
	9.	The teachers are authoritarian	2.00±1.10	2.03±0.92	1.58±1.23	1.73±0.87	1.84±1.08
	18.	The teachers have good communications skills with patients	3.00±0.71	2.67±0.88	2.65±1.10	2.82±0.82	2.79±0.90
	29.	The teachers are good at providing feedback to students	2.89±0.73	2.24±1.16^b)	2.24±1.15^c)	1.96±0.96^c)	2.39±1.06
	32.	The teachers provide constructive criticism here	2.60±0.84	2.19±1.09	2.12±1.05^b)	2.73±0.73^d,h)	2.39±0.98
	37.	The teachers give clear examples	2.83±0.88	2.52±0.98	2.41±1.08^a)	2.43±0.87	2.56±0.98
	39.	The teachers get angry in class	1.79±1.19	2.23±1.17	1.97±1.21	1.32±0.91^f,g)	1.87±1.18
	40.	The teachers are well prepared for their classes	3.05±0.76	2.29±0.98^c)	2.38±1.17^c)	2.45±0.87^b)	2.58±1.01
	49.	The registrars irritate the course organizers	2.63±0.99	2.47±1.05	2.32±1.26	2.39±0.72	2.46±1.06
SPL	1.	I am encouraged to participate in class	2.91±0.62	2.50±0.80^a)	2.45±0.96^b)	2.66±0.83	2.64±0.83
	7.	The teaching is often stimulating	2.80±0.80	2.03±0.96^c)	2.24±1.11^b)	2.52±0.79^d)	2.41±0.98
	13.	The teaching is student-centered	2.75±0.88	2.24±1.11^a)	2.12±1.24^b)	2.29±0.98	2.38±1.08
	16.	The teaching is sufficiently concerned to develop my competence	3.05±0.75	2.58±1.09^a)	2.37±1.07^c)	2.77±0.80	2.69±0.98
	20.	The teaching is well focused	3.06±0.72	2.24±1.02^c)	2.34±1.07^c)	2.41±0.89^b)	2.55±0.99
	21.	I feel I am being well prepared for my profession	2.79±0.79	2.21±1.03^b)	2.19±1.20^b)	2.68±0.88	2.46±1.03
	24.	The teaching time is put to good use	2.82±0.81	1.81±1.07^c)	2.10±1.18^c)	2.27±0.76^a)	2.28±1.06
	25.	The teaching over-emphasizes factual learning	1.74±1.04	1.81±0.96	1.80±0.97	1.91±0.91	1.87±1.18
	38.	I am clear about the learning objectives of the course	2.94±0.83	2.61±0.99	2.91±0.88	2.86±0.73	2.84±0.88
	44.	The teaching encourages me to be an active learner	2.96±0.85	2.39±1.05^b)	2.29±1.18^c)	2.23±0.99^c)	2.51±1.06
	47.	Long term learning emphasizes over short term	2.74±0.88	2.57±0.93	2.33±0.99^a)	2.23±0.86^a)	2.49±0.94
	48.	The teaching is too teacher-centered	2.14±1.18	2.03±1.01	1.79±1.16	1.71±1.05	1.94±1.12
SASP	5.	Learning strategies which worked for me before continue to work for me now	2.74±0.76	2.15±1.02^c)	2.37±1.09	2.57±0.55	2.46±0.93
	10.	I am confident about my passing this year	3.41±0.67	3.19±0.81	3.43±0.87	3.34±0.48	3.35±0.74
	22.	The teaching is sufficiently concerned to develop my confidence	2.89±0.76	2.47±1.07	2.03±1.21^c)	2.55±0.95^g)	2.52±1.18
	26.	Last year's work has been a good preparation for this year's work	2.65±0.76	2.40±0.91	2.65±1.22	2.39±0.81	2.55±0.96
	27.	I am able to memorize all I need	2.65±0.86	2.07±1.04^b)	2.03±1.28^b)	2.46±0.79	2.30±1.06
	31.	I have learned a lot about empathy in my profession	2.95±0.78	2.66±0.97	2.67±1.16	2.75±0.78	2.77±0.95
	41.	My problem solving skills are being well developed here	2.91±0.78	2.34±0.96	2.36±1.10	2.46±0.85	2.54±0.97
	45.	Much of what I have to learn seems relevant to a career in healthcare	2.86±0.76	2.50±0.97	2.79±1.02	2.84±0.37	2.75±0.86
SPA	11.	The atmosphere is relaxed during the ward teaching	2.73±0.98	2.59±0.86	2.37±1.06	2.45±0.82	2.55±0.96
	12.	This school is well time-tabled	2.86±1.07	2.00±1.20^c)	2.12±1.45^b)	2.27±1.17	2.34±1.28
	17.	Cheating is a problem in this school	2.33±1.27	2.00±1.05	2.34±1.51	2.00±1.01	2.20±1.27
	23.	The atmosphere is relaxed during lectures	2.56±0.91	2.71±0.99	2.41±0.13	2.25±0.94	2.50±1.00
	30.	There are opportunities for me to develop interpersonal skills	2.59±0.82	2.48±1.08	2.37±1.24	2.59±0.87	2.50±1.03
	33.	I feel comfortable in class socially	2.78±0.86	2.63±0.95	2.53±1.01	2.57±0.95	2.63±0.94
	34.	The atmosphere is relaxed during seminars/tutorials	2.68±0.89	2.65±0.91	2.54±1.10	2.0±1.09^b,e,g)	2.52±1.02
	35.	I find the experience disappointing	2.73±0.93	2.34±1.13	2.41±1.11	2.46±0.73	2.50±1.01
	36.	I am able to concentrate well	2.71±0.72	2.45±0.88	2.50±1.13	2.73±0.66	2.59±0.89
	42.	The enjoyment outweighs the stress of the course	2.58±0.99	2.34±1.10	2.13±1.39	1.96±1.01^a)	2.29±1.17
	43.	The atmosphere motivates me as a learner	2.74±0.95	2.37±1.15	2.22±1.21^a)	2.23±0.89	2.42±1.09
	50.	The students irritate the teachers	2.16±1.21	2.19±1.24	2.28±1.57	2.34±1.12	2.23±1.31
SSSP	3.	There is a good support system for students who get stressed	2.38±0.94	1.98±1.08	1.82±1.29^a)	1.98±1.07	2.05±1.12
	4.	I am too tired to enjoy the course	2.64±1.01	2.24±1.04	1.97±1.37^b)	2.16±0.94	2.27±1.14
	14.	I am rarely bored on this course	2.10±1.22	1.94±1.13	1.95±1.23	2.18±1.19	2.03±1.19
	15.	I have good friends in this school	3.25±0.91	3.21±0.96	3.46±0.77	3.39±0.49	3.32±0.83
	19.	My social life is good	3.15±0.93	2.94±0.92	2.96±1.27	2.61±1.19	2.95±1.09
	28.	I seldom feel lonely	2.29±1.07	2.24±1.30	1.91±1.35	2.05±1.09	2.13±1.22
	46.	My accommodation is pleasant	2.95±0.79	2.74±1.09	2.74±1.30	2.23±1.27^b)	2.72±1.13

Data are presented as mean±standard deviation.

SPT: Students’ perceptions of teachers, SPL: Students’ perceptions of learning, SASP: Students’ academic self-perceptions, SPA: Students’ perceptions of atmosphere, SSSP: Students’ social self-perceptions.

One-way analysis of variance followed by post hoc Tukey-Kramer multiple comparisons test was applied. Statistical significance was present when compared with the 5th semester as ^a)p<0.05, ^b)p<0.01, and ^c)p<0.001; when compared with the 7th semester as ^d)p<0.05, ^e)p<0.01, and ^f)p<0.001; and when compared with the 9th semester as ^g)p<0.05, ^h)p<0.01.