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- Title
Medical Professionalism: Development and Validation of Medical Professionalism Scale (MPS).
- Authors
Sumalrot, Thanayot; Supparerkchaisakul, Numchai; Ngamthipwatthana, Thienchai
- Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Medical Professionalism Scale (MPS). The definition of professionalism was developed from the review of the guidelines by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and previous scales in order to create a questionnaire assessing medical professionalism. The developed scale was then tested for content validity by experts. The participants were 695 medical students studying in the second to sixth year in faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok. They consisted of 325 males (46.8%) and 369 females (53.2%). The final version of the MPS had 32 items, with the Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.932. The confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the model was fitted to the empirical data and also the 6-factors model was confirmed: altruism (factor 1); accountability (factor 2); excellence (factor 3); duty (factor 4); honour and integrity (factor 5); and finally, respect to other (factor 6) (χ2 = 2210.32, df = 458, CFI = 0.97, TLI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.074, SRMR = 0.053, GFI = 0.83). The Medical Professionalism Scale had good psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability that reflected six elements of professionalism. It can be used to assess and cultivate professionalism in medical students.
- Subjects
PROFESSIONALISM; MEDICAL personnel; PSYCHOMETRICS; ALTRUISM; AMERICAN Board of Internal Medicine (Organization)
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Science for Development / Warasan Pruetikamsat Puea Kan Phathana, 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1, p126
- ISSN
2228-9453
- Publication type
Article