 xavier university school of medicine admits students mainly from the united states and canada to the undergraduate medical program . a previous study conducted in june 2013 used the dundee ready educational environment measure to measure the educational environment and impact of different teaching and learning methods in the program . 
 the present study aims to obtain information about students ' perceptions of changes in the educational environment , which underwent modifications in teaching and learning , in january 2014 . 
 information was collected about the participants ' semester of study , gender , nationality , and age . 
 students ' perceptions of the educational environment were documented by noting their degree of agreement with a set of 50 statements grouped into five categories . 
 average scores were compared among different groups . 
 the mean total and category scores were compared to those of the 2013 study . 
 sixty of the sixty - nine students ( 86.9% ) who enrolled in the undergraduate medical program participated in the survey . 
 the majority were male , aged 20 - 25 years , and of american nationality . 
 the meansd total score was 151.3218.3 . 
 the mean scores for students ' perception in the survey categories were perception of teaching / learning ( 38.45 ) , perception of teachers ( 33.90 ) , academic self - perceptions ( 22.95 ) , perception of atmosphere ( 36.32 ) , and social self - perception ( 19.70 ) . 
 there were no significant differences in these scores among the different groups . 
 all scores except those for academic self - perception were significantly higher in the present study compared to the previous one ( p<0.05 ) . 
 the above results will be of particular interest to schools that plan to transition to an integrated curriculum . 
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