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Item Burden of mental illness and the need for better undergraduate education in psychiatry(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2014) Kuruppuarachchi, K.A.L.A.; de Silva, N.R.No Abstract AvailableItem Identifying poor concordance between the 'planned' and the 'hidden' curricula at a time of curriculum change in a Sri Lankan medical school using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure(South-East Asian Association for Medical Education, 2009) Chandratilake, M.; de Silva, N.R.INTRODUCTION: Often there is a ‘hidden’ curriculum running alongside the planned curriculum as published in official statements of a medical school. The two aspects of the curriculum may not be in concordance, especially in a phase of change. In this study Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) was used as the tool to determine the level of concordance between two curricula. METHOD: The DREEM questionnaires were administered face-to-face to two batches of undergraduate medical students of Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. One batch was the first group to follow the integrated curriculum and the other was the last group to follow the discipline-based curriculum. RESULTS: The total scores of both batches indicated a reasonably positive overall perception of the education environment, but still with considerable room for improvement. The scores of third year male students for the domains of student perception of learning and teaching were significantly lower than their female colleagues and the seniors, thus indicating where interventions should be prioritised. By analysing the responses to individual items, a collection of items which were perceived negatively by both batches of students were identified. The items represented all domains with variable degree. DISCUSSION: In addition to its multiple utilities, a careful and deep interpretation of the DREEM results can be used to identify a group affected specifically by the educational environment, possibly caused by a lack of concordance between the planned and the hidden curricula of the same institution.Item Geneder differences in undergraduate medical examination results in Sri Lanka(Sri Lanka Medical Association, 2000) de Silva, N.R.; Thabrew, M.I.; Saparamadu, P.A.M.; Jayawardena, D.R.K.C.; Arachchige, A.A.; Weerawardhane, M.; Gunawardene, Y.I.N.S.OBJECTIVE: To identify possible gender related differences in performance at undergraduate medical examinations in Sri Lanka. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: Results of examinations conducted by the faculty of medicine, University of Kelaniya in 1997 and 1998, and data published by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on final examinations conducted by 4 other Sri Lankan medical faculties (in the Universities of Colombo, Peradeniya, Ruhuna and Jaffna) in 1996 and 1997, were analysed for sex related differences.RESULTS: The proportion of women in each batch of students who sat for 8 examinations conducted at the faculty of medicine, University of Kelaniya in 1997 and 1998, ranged from 40.7 to 48.4% (average 44.3%). Among students sitting for the final MBBS examinations in other medical faculties in 1996 and 1997, the proportion of women ranged from 37.3% in Peradeniya to 53.7% in Jaffna. The proportions of women who obtained "classes" were higher than that of men in 12/15 examinations, with statistically significant differences in four. Higher proportions of men were referred or failed in all 8 examinations analysed; the differences were statistically significant in two. CONCLUSIONS: Women appear to do marginally better than men in undergraduate medical examinations in Sri Lanka.