Purpose This study aimed to assess the educational environment of residents in Morocco and to compare residents’ perceptions depending on their specialty.
Methods We applied the French version of the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) to measure the educational environment at 6 hospitals in Rabat from January to June 2017. The internal reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using Cronbach’s α coefficient. Principal component analysis was conducted to assess the construct validity of the 3 subscales of the PHEEM questionnaire. Analysis of variance was performed to compare the mean scores of the overall PHEEM, its subscales, and each item among the 6 specialties.
Results Responses from 255 residents were included. The 40-item PHEEM questionnaire showed a high level of reliability, with a Cronbach’s α of 0.91. Principal component analysis of all 40 items suggested that 3 factors explained 48% of the variance, with better results for the teaching subscale. Moroccan residents perceived their educational environment as more positive than negative. There were significant differences in the overall and subscale scores among the 6 specialties.
Conclusion The French version of the PHEEM was confirmed to be a valid and reliable instrument in Morocco. Moroccan residents perceived their educational environment as more positive than negative, but room for improvement remained, with challenges including the poor infrastructure, the suboptimal quality of supervision, and inadequate teaching and work regulations.
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by
Examining the Psychometric Properties of Post-graduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure for Saudi Pediatric Trainees: Principal Component Analysis Khouloud Abdulrhman Alsofyani, Saud Bahaidarah, Abdulaziz Boker Iranian Journal of Pediatrics.2024;[Epub] CrossRef
Revisão de escopo da aplicação do Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) na residência médica Patrícia Lofêgo Gonçalves, Ana Paula Moscon Marçal, Renata de Almeida França, Vania dos Santos Nunes Nogueira Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica.2024;[Epub] CrossRef
Scoping review of the application of the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) in medical residency Patrícia Lofêgo Gonçalves, Ana Paula Moscon Marçal, Renata de Almeida França, Vania dos Santos Nunes Nogueira Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica.2024;[Epub] CrossRef
Ambiente educacional y bienestar mental de los residentes de posgrados médicos y quirúrgicos en Medellín, Colombia María Adelaida Posada Uribe, Verónica Vargas González, Clara Orrego Morales, Carolina Cataño, Elsa María Vásquez, Diana Restrepo Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría.2023; 52(1): 20. CrossRef
Educational environment and mental wellbeing of medical and surgical postgraduate residents in Medellin, Colombia María Adelaida Posada Uribe, Verónica Vargas González, Clara Orrego Morales, Carolina Cataño, Elsa María Vásquez, Diana Restrepo Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría (English ed.).2023; 52(1): 20. CrossRef
Postgraduate medical trainees at a Ugandan university perceive their clinical learning environment positively but differentially despite challenging circumstances: a cross-sectional study Paul E. Alele, Joshua Kiptoo, Kathleen Hill-Besinque BMC Medical Education.2023;[Epub] CrossRef
Depression and its associated factors: perceived stress, social support, substance use and related sociodemographic risk factors in medical school residents in Nairobi, Kenya Sayed Shah Nur Hussein Shah, Ahmed Laving, Violet Caroline Okech-Helu, Manasi Kumar BMC Psychiatry.2021;[Epub] CrossRef