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. 2017 Jun;29(2):81-91.
doi: 10.3946/kjme.2017.55. Epub 2017 May 29.

Development an instrument assessing residents' attitude towards professionalism lapses in training

Hyo-Jin Kwon  1 , Young-Mee Lee  1 , Young-Hee Lee  1 , Hyung-Joo Chang  1
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Development an instrument assessing residents' attitude towards professionalism lapses in training

Hyo-Jin Kwon et al. Korean J Med Educ. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Purpose: Medical professionalism is a fundamental competency for all physicians and continuous development of professionalism during residency training is crucial. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument assessing residents' attitudes toward unprofessional behaviors.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in cooperation with the Korea Resident Association from May to July 2013. A total of 317 residents from seven university-affiliated hospitals in South Korea participated in the survey.

Results: In the exploratory factor analysis, seven factors were extracted from the data; factor loadings of the 44 items ranged between 0.40 and 0.89. Through iterative discussion, three items below 0.45 were deleted and one additional item was removed due to its irrelevance. Twelve items included in Factor 1 were divided into two different categories. A final version of the questionnaire containing 40 items in eight categories was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. It was deemed to have a good fit; the root mean square error of approximation and comparative fit index were 0.07 and 0.9, respectively. The reliability (Cronbach's α) of the inventory was 0.97.

Conclusion: The items of this instrument encompass a broad range of residents' behaviors in clinical practice, research, and publication. In addition, it includes some types of misconduct that can be considered unique features of the authors' cultural backgrounds. We recommend this instrument as an assessment tool to diagnose residents' perceptions and attitudes towards professionalism lapses and to provide insight regarding potential improvement in professionalism education.

Keywords: Attitude; Instrumentation; Professional misconduct; Professionalism.

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Development Process of the Instrument to Assess Residents’ Attitudes towards Professionalism Lapses
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Fig. 2.. Measurement Model for an Instrument to Assess Residents’ Attitudes towards Professionalism Lapses
Item numbers are exactly same with those of the Table 2. The detailed information of each item is shown in Table 2.
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