[Educational environment in a Peruvian medical school. A negative trend over the academic years].

Background: Educational environment refers to the material resources and interpersonal relationships of an educational institution.

Aim: To describe the educational environment of a Peruvian medical school and to explore a possible association between curricular years and the educational environment.

Material And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) to evaluate the educational environment of a Peruvian medical school.

[Psychometric analysis of a questionnaire to measure the educational environment in a sample of medical students in Peru].

The objective of the study was to determine the psychometric properties of the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) questionnaire in students of a Peruvian medical school. Participants were first-to-sixth-year students, invited to participate through a web platform. In the analysis the alpha coefficient of Cronbach was used to evaluate internal consistency.

[Factors associated with level of knowledge and attitudes toward research among medical students in Peru, 2011].

Objective: To identify the factors associated with level of knowledge and attitudes toward research among undergraduate medical students in Peru.

Methods: In this analytical cross-sectional study, a validated questionnaire on knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to research was applied to a representative sample of students at 17 Peruvian medical schools. The categorical and quantitative variables were subjected to simple two-factor analysis with adjustment for intraclass correlation.