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Developing and validating an instrument to measure: the medical professionalism climate in clinical settings

(2021) Developing and validating an instrument to measure: the medical professionalism climate in clinical settings. J Med Ethics Hist Med. p. 13. ISSN 2008-0387

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Abstract

This study was conducted to develop and validate an instrument to measure the medical professionalism climate in clinical settings. The item pool was developed based on the Tehran University of Medical Sciences Guideline for Professional Conduct. The items were distributed between two questionnaires, one for health-care providers and the other for patients. To assess the construct validity of the questionnaires, 350 health-care providers and 88 patients were enrolled in the study. The reliability of the questionnaires was evaluated by calculating Cronbach's alpha and ICC. At first a 74-item pool was generated. After assessing and confirming face and content validity, 41 items remained in the final version of the scale. Exploratory factor analysis revealed the three factors of "personal behavior", "collegiality" and "respect for patient autonomy" in a 25-item questionnaire for service providers and a single factor of "professional behavior" in a 6-item questionnaire for patients. The three factors explained 51.775 of the variance for service providers' questionnaire and the single providers' questionnaire single factor explained 63.9 of the variance for patients' questionnaire. The findings demonstrated that from the viewpoints of patients and service providers, this instrument could be applied to assess the medical professionalism climate in hospital clinical settings.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Professionalism Clinical setting Questionnaire Validation validity guide Medical Ethics
Page Range: p. 13
Journal or Publication Title: J Med Ethics Hist Med
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 14
Number: 11
ISSN: 2008-0387
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/10056

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