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ArticleBMC medical education2024

Assessing professional behaviors: a self-administered scale for medical students during clerkships.

Chunyu Xin, Xinzhi Song, Simeng Wang, Xuemei Cui, Ning Ding, Deliang Wen

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Chunyu XinInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China.
Xinzhi SongInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China.
Simeng WangInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China.
Xuemei CuiInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China.
Ning DingInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China. nding@cmu.edu.cn.
Deliang WenInstitute of Health Professions Education Assessment and Reform, China Medical University, No.77 Puhe Road, Shenyang North New Area, Shenyang, 110122, Liaoning Province, China. dlwen@cmu.edu.cn.

Funding

Liaoning Social Science Planning Fund Project L20AED006Liaoning Social Science Planning Fund Project L21DED010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMedical professionalism is a core competency for medical students during clerkships for further professional development. Given that the behavior-based framework could provide clear insight and is easy to assess, the study aimed to create a self-administered scale to measure the professional behaviors of medical students during their clerkships.

methodsA comprehensive literature review on medical professional behaviors in English or Chinese and Delphi interviews were used to develop the initial version of the Self-Administered Scale for Professional Behavior of Medical Students During Clerkships. The reliability and validity analysis based on a survey of medical students from China, Cronbach's α calculations, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) specifically were conducted to finalize the scale. The associations of professional behaviors with gender, medical programs, and clerkship duration were examined using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests.

resultsWe included 121 studies and extracted 57 medical professionalism assessment tools, initially forming a pool of 48 items. To refine these items, eighteen experts participated in two rounds of Delphi interviews, ultimately narrowing down the item pool to 24 items. A total of 492 participants effectively completed the questionnaire. One item was removed due to its correlated item-total correlation (CITC) value, resulting in a final scale containing 23 items with six domains: Respect, Altruism, Communication and Collaboration, Integrity, Duty, and Excellence. The overall Cronbach's alpha value was 0.98, ranging from 0.88 to 0.95 for each domain. The fit indices (χ

conclusionThe scale was demonstrated to be reliable and valid in assessing the professional behaviors of Chinese medical students during clerkships.

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Clinical ClerkshipProfessionalismStudents, MedicalAdultChinaClinical CompetenceDelphi TechniqueFemaleHumansMalePsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesChinaMedical professionalismMedical student during clerkshipsProfessional behaviorScale development

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PMID38926701
PMCPMC11200818

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