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ArticleBMC medical education2024

Measuring sociocultural engagement of health professions education students: a psychometric study.

Salah Eldin Kassab, Ramya Rathan, Henk G Schmidt, Hossam Hamdy

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Salah Eldin KassabCollege of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. kassabse@gmu.ac.ae.
Ramya RathanCollege of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Henk G SchmidtCollege of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Hossam HamdyCollege of Medicine, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.

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Abstract

backgroundSociocultural engagement of students refers to broadening viewpoints and providing awareness of, and respect for, diverse backgrounds and perspectives. However, there are no existing validated instruments in the literature for measuring sociocultural engagement of health professions education (HPE) students. Therefore, the aim of this study is to develop and validate a questionnaire designed to assess sociocultural engagement among HPE students.

methodsThe study included undergraduate HPE students (n = 683) at Gulf Medical University. The initial version of the sociocultural engagement of students' questionnaire (SESQ) was developed after extensive literature review and guided by the Global Learning Qualifications Framework. We then tested the content validity of the questionnaire by using focus group discussion with subject experts (n = 16) and pilot testing with students (n = 20). We distributed the content-validated version of the SESQ (16 items) to undergraduate students in six HPE colleges. To examine the construct validity and construct reliability of the questionnaire, we conducted exploratory factor analysis, followed by confirmatory factor analysis.

resultsConfirmatory factor analysis supported the two-factor structure which consists of 13 items with good fitness indices (χ

conclusionsThe sociocultural engagement of students' questionnaire exhibits good evidence of construct validity and reliability. Further studies will be required to test the validity of this questionnaire in other contexts.

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PsychometricsAdultFactor Analysis, StatisticalFemaleFocus GroupsHealth OccupationsHumansMaleReproducibility of ResultsStudents, Health OccupationsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultSociocultural engagementStudent engagementValidity

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PMID38783311
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