Health students’ expectations of the ideal educational environment: a qualitative research

Introduction: educational environment is an important determinant ofstudents’ behavior and its elements are associated with academic achievementand course satisfaction. the aim of this study was to determine students’expectations of the ideal educational environment.methods: this was a qualitative study with content analysis approach. using atheoretical sampling method, we selected eight students from health school ofhormozgan university of medical sciences, studying health education, publichealth, environmental health, occupational health and medical entomology. tocollect data, semi-structured interviews were used and continued until reachingdata saturation. qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the data.results: students' expectations of the ideal educational environment emergedin four main themes including school atmosphere, teaching, human aspects(with three subthemes including teachers, students, and school staff) and nonhumanaspects (with two subthemes including educational equipment andphysical environment).conclusion: educational environment is a multidimensional issue and toachieve an ideal educational environment, educational planners shouldmeet the students' expectations of the school atmosphere, teaching, teachers,students, school staff, educational equipment and physical environment.