Training demands on clerk burnout: determining whether achievement goal motivation orientations matter

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Clerks’ achievement goal motivation orientations, perceived rotated specialty training demands, and burnout in clinical workplaces

Variable	Mean	SD	Factor loading	Cronbach’s alpha
Clerk achievement goal motivation orientation (score: 1–5)
Task orientation: I feel most successful	4.42	0.49		0.88
1. Reaching a goal	4.43	0.58	0.77
2. Showing personal improvement	4.44	0.54	0.86
3. Performing to the best of ability	4.39	0.64	0.76
4. Working hard	4.28	0.74	0.68
5. Overcoming difficulties	4.50	0.60	0.77
6. Mastering something I could not do before	4.45	0.58	0.78
Ego orientation: I feel most successful	3.93	0.79		0.91
7. I am the best	4.19	0.88	0.85
8. I do better than opponents	4.15	0.87	0.84
9. I show others I am the best	3.86	1.06	0.81
10. I am clearly superior	3.74	1.02	0.81
11. I beat other people	3.43	1.01	0.78
12. I accomplish something others cannot do	4.19	0.78	0.77
Clerk perceived rotated specialty training demands (score: 1–5)
Psychological demands	2.56	0.82		0.90
1. Fast-paced work environment	2.65	1.04	0.84
2. Hard work	2.47	0.95	0.84
3. Busy at work	2.52	0.98	0.77
4. Intense work concentration	3.01	1.00	0.75
5. Not enough sleeping time	2.35	1.01	0.70
6. Work fatigue	2.37	1.03	0.70
Physical demands	2.00	0.79		0.94
7. Awkward body position	1.99	0.86	0.91
8. Awkward arm position	1.97	0.84	0.91
9. Lifting heavy load	1.94	0.82	0.88
10. Rapid physical activity	2.09	0.91	0.81
Clerk burnout in the rotated specialties^a (score: 10–50)
First-year clerkship	24.35	5.11
Second-year clerkship	23.55	5.57

^aSignificant difference (P < .05) was observed between the first- and second-year clerkship students examined using mixed modelling that accounted for repeated measures of individual participant burnout

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