DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE DUNDEE-READY-EDUCATION-ENVIRONMENT-MEASURE (DREEM)

The General Medical Council has initiated major innovations in the und ergraduate medical curriculum. These requirements are forcing a rapid rate of change in medical schools throughout the UK which parallel man y developments in North America. There have also been several internat ional and national mission statements which call for similar reforms i n education in the health professions. While the improvement of the le arning environment and 'climate' is a major goal of the changes, the v ery rate of change is itself stressful. The present research reports t he development and validation of a universal inventory that equips hea lth professions/medical educators with a diagnostic tool to measure th e state of their school's learning and teaching climate.