• Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, Majid Ahmed Shaikh, Faisal Faiyaz Zuberi, Tazeen Rasheed, Faiza Sadaqat Ali, and Zunaira Nawaz.
• Prof. Bader Faiyaz Zuberi, FCPS, Meritorious Professor (Rtd) Gastroenterologist OMI Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2024 Mar 1; 40 (4): 711717711-717.

ObjectivesTo assess medical students' perceptions regarding learning, teachers, academics, atmosphere at campus and social self-perceptions at Dow University of Health Sciences using Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) Inventory.MethodThis cross-sectional observational study was conducted from March 1st, 2022 to September 30th, 2022. All medical students at Dow University of Health Sciences were offered to participate. All students were given the choice to respond to DREEM questionnaire via online Form or printed copy anonymously. The DREEM Inventory measures five domains of students' perceptions of a given institution. Comparison of responses between different years and institution was carried out by χ2 test. Means scores were compared by Student's t-test and ANOVA, p-value of ≤.05 was taken as significant.ResultsTotal of 1054 out of 1750 (60.23%) students submitted fully completed forms and were included, out of these 632 (60.0%) belonged to Dow Medical College & 422 (40.0%) belonged to Dow International Medical College. The mean ±SD of total score of DREEM by DMC students was 100.07 ±31.46 and that of DIMC was 100.52 ±32.73. According to DREEM Global scoring both colleges scores fell into category of "many problems". Analysis according to domains showed that maximum score was given to 2nd domain of their "perception regarding teachers" and minimum score was allocated to 5th domain regarding "social self-perceptions".ConclusionOverall Students perceived environment at DUHS as "many problems" category. This needs to be investigated for betterment of Educational Environment (EE) at campus.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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