title: Psychometric properties of the postgraduate hospital educational environment measure in an Iranian hospital setting.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Students' perceptions of the educational environment are an important construct in assessing and enhancing the quality of medical training programs. Reliable and valid measurement, however, can be problematic - especially as instruments developed and tested in one culture are translated for use in another.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study sought to explore the psychometric properties of the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure (PHEEM) for use in an Iranian hospital training setting. We translated the instrument into Persian and ensured its content validity by back translation and expert review prior to administering it to 127 residents of Urmia University of Medical Science.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall internal consistency of the translated measure was good (a=0.94). Principal components analysis revealed five factors accounting for 52.8% of the variance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Persian version of the PHEEM appears to be a reliable and potentially valid instrument for use in Iranian medical schools and may find favor in evaluating the educational environments of residency programs nationwide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Virtual School and Medical School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shokoohi
authors.affiliation: Department of E-learning in Medical Education, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hossein Emami
authors.affiliation: Department of E-learning in Medical Education, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; aeen_mohammadi@tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Aeen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohammadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Education, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Soleiman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Department of E-learning in Medical Education, Virtual School, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mojtahedzadeh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*
keywords: education environment; evaluation; postgraduate; psychometrics
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