Measuring professionalism in a physiatry residency training program.
A 12-item questionnaire modeled after the one prepared by the American Board of Internal Medicine dealing with professionalism was distributed to 122 physiatry residents representing six training programs, of whom 59% (72) responded. The mean item score on the survey was 7.7 (SD = 1.0) on a scale from 1 to 10, where 10 represents the highest level of professionalism. The internal reliability of the questionnaire was found to be satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha = 0.75). A factor analysis of the questionnaire items resulted in three factors explaining 64% of the variance. These factors were: excellence, honor/integrity, and altruism/respect; Eigen values were 3.35, 2.37, and 1.31, respectively. These factors are similar to those obtained in the American Board of Internal Medicine survey. This similarity is a positive feature in ongoing efforts to develop a reliable tool for measuring professionalism in physiatry residency training.
DeLisa
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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark 07103-2405, USA.
Foye
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Jain
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Kirshblum
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Christodoulou
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D000533:Altruism; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000193:education*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States