1. Undergraduates’ preparedness for practice is associated with professional identity and perception of educational environment: A validation study
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Shiuan-Ruey Yu, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Yang-Chun Cheng, Chung-Hsien Chaou, Ji-Tseng Fang, Hsu-Min Tseng, Yu-Che Chang, Chien-Da Huang, and Shou-De Ma
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0301 basic medicine ,Male ,Medicine (General) ,Students, Medical ,QH301-705.5 ,media_common.quotation_subject ,education ,Identity (social science) ,Undergraduate medical education ,Confirmatory factor analysis ,03 medical and health sciences ,Preparedness for practice ,0302 clinical medicine ,R5-920 ,Cronbach's alpha ,Social skills ,Perception ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Professional identity ,Humans ,Biology (General) ,media_common ,Teamwork ,Medical education ,Validation study ,Reproducibility of Results ,General Medicine ,030104 developmental biology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Preparedness ,Cohort ,Original Article ,Female ,Psychology ,Factor Analysis, Statistical - Abstract
Background: Medical schools prepare undergraduates for clinical practice. Clinical competencies build up gradually and continuously. Existing literature suggests that new graduates are often unprepared for independent practice. This study aims to validate a Chinese version of a Preparedness for Hospital Practice Questionnaire (PHPQ) in a Taiwanese undergraduate cohort. Methods: The original eight-domain English version PHPQ was translated into Chinese and back-translated for expert panel discussion. The eight domains encompass interpersonal skills, confidence, collaboration, management, science, prevention, holistic care, and self-directed learning. Reliability and validity were checked by Cronbach's alpha and by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), respectively. Participants were divided into higher and lower preparedness groups according to PHPQ results, and compared by age, sex, professional identity, and perception of educational environment. Results: A total of 129 undergraduate medical students (55% males) participated in the study. The overall Cronbach's alpha was 0.94. Participants were found to be best prepared in the domain of disease prevention (M = 4.37, SD = 0.68) and least prepared in interpersonal skills (M = 2.68, SD = 0.77). A satisfactory goodness of fit data was yield from CFA with a CMIN/DF of 2.02. Higher levels of preparedness are associated with stronger professional identity (p
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- 2020