Developing a comprehensive tool to assess professional attitude among physicians and medical students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19549160 |
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| Authors | Neda Yavari (0000-0003-2722-0815, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences), Fariba Asghari (0000-0002-9807-6390, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Zahra Shahvari (0000-0001-7018-5571, Islamic Azad University of Gachsaran), Saharnaz Nedjat (0000-0002-0966-727X, Tehran University of Medical Sciences), Bagher Larijani (0000-0001-5386-7597, Tehran University of Medical Sciences) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Pages | 27-27 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-08 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2008-0387 • E-ISSN: 2008-0387 |
| Publisher | Knowledge E DMCC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18502/jmehm.v14i27.8283 |
| PMID | 35702599 |
| OpenAlex | W4205845281 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
It appears that up until now, no comprehensive tool has been developed to assess medical students’ attitudes toward the different dimensions of professionalism. The present study aimed to develop a comprehensive quantitative tool to evaluate medical students’ attitudes toward professionalism. This study consisted of two phases: The first phase was item generation and questionnaire design based on literature review and a qualitative survey. The qualitative data were extracted from 49 semi-structured individual interviews and one focus group discussion. In the second phase, the questionnaire was developed and its face, content, and structure validity and reliability were evaluated. To measure the construct validity of the questionnaire, a cross-sectional study was conducted on 354 medical students at different academic levels at Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. The final questionnaire was loaded on five factors. The factors accounted for 43.5% of the total variance. Moreover, Cronbach's alpha was 0.84 for the total scale, and the interclass correlation coefficient was 0.77 for the test-retest reliability. The 17-item questionnaire measuring medical students’ professional attitude had acceptable validity and reliability and can be adopted in other studies on physicians’ and medical students’ professional attitudes
Construct validity · Content validity · Cronbach's alpha · Face validity · Family medicine · Focus group · Medical education · Psychometrics · Clinical Psychology · Dental Education, Practice, Research · Empathy and Medical Education · Innovations in Medical Education · Medicine · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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