The reliability and validity of the training elements scale for clinicians in the new era--based on the perspective of Chinese doctors' job demands

Weiqiong Jin; Yinghui Fang; Yuchen Zhang; Yijun Lv

doi:10.1186/s12909-023-04289-y

The reliability and validity of the training elements scale for clinicians in the new era--based on the perspective of Chinese doctors' job demands

BMC Med Educ. 2023 May 2;23(1):295. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04289-y.

Authors

Weiqiong Jin^{1

2}, Yinghui Fang¹, Yuchen Zhang³, Yijun Lv^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Academic Affairs Office, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.
² Key Research Center of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Zhejiang Province (Institute of Medical Humanities), Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.
³ Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China.
⁴ Party Committee, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China. lyj@wmu.edu.cn.
⁵ Wenzhou Medical University, Ouhai District, Tongxin Building, Chashan Higher Education Park, Zhejiang, Wenzhou, China. lyj@wmu.edu.cn.

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to develop a scale of clinician training elements in the new period and test its reliability and validity.

Methods: Our approach was based on interdisciplinary theory, systematology, collaborative innovation theory, and whole person education theory combined with the existing post competency model of Chinese doctors and the responsibilities and requirements endowed clinicians in the new historical period. The scale elements were extracted by referring to the relevant literature, and the training elements scale for clinicians in the new period were preliminarily formed. From July to August 2022, 1,086 clinicians from tertiary medical institutions in eastern, central, and western China were sampled and investigated. The questionnaire was revised via the critical ratio method and homogeneity test method, and the reliability and validity of the scale were also tested.

Results: The training elements scale for clinicians in the new period included the following eight dimensions: basic clinical knowledge, interdisciplinary knowledge, clinical skill operation, public health knowledge, technological innovation capability, lifelong learning needs, medical humanistic literacy, and international exchange vision, as well as 51 other items. The Cronbach's α coefficient of the scale was 0.981, the half-reliability was 0.903, and the average variance extraction of each dimension was greater than 0.5. An exploratory factor analysis extracted eight main factors, and the cumulative variance contribution rate was 78.524%. Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the model fit was ideal and the factor structure was stable.

Conclusion: The clinician training factor scale in the new era can fully meet the current training needs of r clinicians, and has good reliability and validity. It can be widely used in medical colleges and universities as a reference to reform the content of medical training and education, and can also be used in the continuing education of clinicians after graduation to compensate for gaps in knowledge during clinical work.

Keywords: Clinician; Reliability; Required elements; Talents training; Validity.

Publication types

Validation Study

MeSH terms

China
East Asian People
Education, Continuing*
Educational Status
Humans
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires*