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. 2019 Aug 2;29(4):935-940.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-019-00774-6. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Development of an Instrument for Preceptor Evaluation of Medical Graduates' Performance: the Psychometric Properties

Mia Kusmiati  1 , Noor Aini Abdul Hamid  2 , Suhaila Sanip  3 , Ova Emilia  4
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Development of an Instrument for Preceptor Evaluation of Medical Graduates' Performance: the Psychometric Properties

Mia Kusmiati et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

Background: A preceptor has a key role in evaluating medical graduate's performance in the clinical setting. This study is conducted to develop an instrument for preceptor evaluation of medical graduates' performance in the clinical setting.

Method: A mixed-method study design, sequential exploratory approach was chosen to develop the instrument. Initial semi-structured interviews were conducted with 4 preceptors at the teaching hospitals. Five main themes emerged from the interviews. The themes were developed into a 23-item questionnaire. Nineteen Head or Assistant Head of clinical departments were asked to review the relevance of the content. The questionnaire was later sent out to 34 preceptors and 35 paramedic staffs to participate in the construct validity study by conducting exploratory factor analysis (EFA). SPSS version 21 software was used to analyze the data and Varimax rotation method was performed to simplify and describe the data structure.

Result: Review of the factor structures suggested that the most appropriate fit was 5 factors. Most of the questionnaire items were relevant to assess performance (4.65 + 0.15), except in item 4 of the clinical skill factor. The 23 items of the evaluation instruments showed that five factors were extracted which explained 73.9% of the variance between them. Construct validity was achieved after the instrument was run for an iteration of eight times, with Cronbach's alpha of 0.951.

Discussion: The instrument has achieved the desired content and construct validity score. It can be used by other institutions to assess their medical graduates' performance in the clinical setting.

Keywords: Construct validity; Content validity; EFA; Preceptor.

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Conflict of InterestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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