From: The role of deliberate practice in the acquisition of clinical skills
Cronbach's Alpha | Mean Score (SD) | Eigenvalues | |
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Planning | .76 | 3.07 (0.73) | |
- When I have made a schedule I stick to it. | .801 | ||
- I am good at planning my time. | .754 | ||
- My study efforts are distributed evenly over the academic year. | .617 | ||
- I draw up a study schedule. | .672 | ||
- I summarise the material I am studying. | .506 | ||
- On days when there are no obligatory study activities I study mostly in the morning. | .451 | ||
- I make an outline of the material to be studied. | .389 | ||
Concentration/dedication | .57 | 2.89 (0.71) | |
- I usually study in a number of short sessions. | .703 | ||
- When I am studying I am not easily distracted. | .415 | ||
- I take breaks when I am studying. | .700 | ||
- I stop studying as soon as I get tired. | .704 | ||
Repetition/revision | .67 | 2.79 (0.70) | |
- I revise skills during unsupervised practice sessions. | .730 | ||
- I revise skills by practising on other students/housemates/family. | .562 | ||
- I prepare for skill training sessions. | .479 | ||
- When I don't understand something I look it up in the literature. after training. | .353 | ||
- I revise material I find difficult. | .272 | ||
Study style/self reflection | . 73 | 3.61 (0.45) | |
- I try to see how different parts of a subject are interconnected. | .732 | ||
- After studying a subject I am able to explain it clearly. | .635 | ||
- I pay extra attention to subjects I do not understand. | .666 | ||
- When something goes wrong in my studies I try to find out what caused it. | .484 | ||
- I know my strengths and weaknesses with regard to studying. | .408 | ||
- When I don't understand things during training I ask questions. | .486 | ||
- I hate it when there is something I do not understand. | .505 | ||
- I work to improve my weaknesses. | .367 | ||
- I use different resources to study the learning objectives. | .484 | ||
- I also read medical articles not directly related to the current topic. | .475 |