A validation study of public health knowledge, skills, social responsibility and applied learning
| Autor: | Dana Vackova, Janice M. Johnston, C K Chen, Lui Jnm. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice undergraduate medical education Students Medical 020205 medical informatics Psychometrics Varimax rotation Applied psychology education Validity 02 engineering and technology behavioral disciplines and activities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cronbach's alpha Surveys and Questionnaires 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Learning 030212 general & internal medicine Reliability (statistics) Public health Principal Component Analysis Social Responsibility Education Medical Original research questionnaire development Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Variance (accounting) ASPPH undergraduate leaning outcomes model Cross-Sectional Studies validity and reliability Female Educational Measurement Psychology Social responsibility Public Health knowledge skills social responsibility |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Medical Education |
| ISSN: | 2042-6372 |
| Popis: | Objectives To design and validate a questionnaire to measure medical students’ Public Health (PH) knowledge, skills, social responsibility and applied learning as indicated in the four domains recommended by the Association of Schools & Programmes of Public Health (ASPPH). Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted to develop an evaluation tool for PH undergraduate education through item generation, reduction, refinement and validation. The 74 preliminary items derived from the existing literature were reduced to 55 items based on expert panel review which included those with expertise in PH, psychometrics and medical education, as well as medical students. Psychometric properties of the preliminary questionnaire were assessed as follows: frequency of endorsement for item variance; principal component analysis (PCA) with varimax rotation for item reduction and factor estimation; Cronbach’s Alpha, item-total correlation and test-retest validity for internal consistency and reliability. Results PCA yielded five factors: PH Learning Experience (6 items); PH Risk Assessment and Communication (5 items); Future Use of Evidence in Practice (6 items); Recognition of PH as a Scientific Discipline (4 items); and PH Skills Development (3 items), explaining 72.05% variance. Internal consistency and reliability tests were satisfactory (Cronbach’s Alpha ranged from 0.87 to 0.90; item-total correlation > 0.59). Lower paired test-retest correlations reflected instability in a social science environment. Conclusions An evaluation tool for community-centred PH education has been developed and validated. The tool measures PH knowledge, skills, social responsibilities and applied learning as recommended by the internationally recognised Association of Schools & Programmes of Public Health (ASPPH). |
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