A pilot Tuning Project-based national study on recently graduated medical students’ self-assessment of competences - the TEST study

Table 3 Exploratory factor analysis results for Clinical Practice factors

Factors	Label	N^a	Loadings (min, max)	Eigenvalue	Variance explained (%)	α
CP1	Clinical presentations and diagnosis	6	0.463, 0.646	1.8	2.7	0.851
CP2	Consultation and management plan	6	0.535, 0.707	2.4	3.7	0.868
CP3	Medical emergencies	6	0.502, 0.834	2.0	3.0	0.901
CP4	Prescribe drugs	3	0.779, 0.800	1.4	2.1	0.890
CP5	Practical procedures	11	0.350, 0.829	21.7	32.8	0.910
CP6	Communication in medical context	10	0.469, 0.650	2.5	3.7	0.908
CP7	Ethical principles	3	0.607, 0.652	1.2	1.8	0.771
CP8	Legal principles	3	0.627, 0.746	1.5	2.3	0.839
CP9	Psychological and social aspects of illness	3	0.697, 0.744	1.2	1.9	0.954
CP10	Evidence-based medicine, technology and science	8	0.401, 0.874	4.6	7.0	0.910
CP11	Population health and health care system	7	0.517, 0.721	3.7	5.6	0.904

^a Total number of items. Clinical Practice items number 22, 23 and 55 were removed since the internal reliability of the respective factors increased with their exclusion; item 35 was removed because of its low factor load (0.30)

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