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Table 2 Characteristics of composite scales and items, with internal consistency reliability coefficient and corrected item-total correlation

From: Analysis of psychometric properties of the modified SETQ tool in undergraduate medical education

  

Factor loading on primary scale

Internal consistency reliability cronbach’s α a

Corrected item total correlation b

Nr

Scale and items

Student’s evaluation

Student’s evaluation

Clinical tutors evaluation

Student’s

evaluation

Clinical tutor self-evaluation

Teaching & Learning environment

 

0.95

0.88

  

 TL1 Encourages students to participate actively in discussions

0.674

  

0.847

0.831

 TL2 Stimulates students to bring up problems

0.654

  

0.873

0.676

 TL3 Keeps to teaching goals; avoids digressions

0.653

  

0.850

0.710

 TL4 Prepares well for teaching presentations and talks

0.600

  

0.874

0.829

 TL5 Teaches on ward rounds, at clinics, and operating room

0.569

  

0.845

0.745

 TL6 Covering all the topics which are in the curriculum

0.494

  

0.859

0.554

Professional attitude towards Students

 

0.94

0.91

  

 P1 Listens attentively to students

0.713

  

0.847

0.833

 P2 Is respectful towards students

0.790

  

0.770

0.848

 P3 Is available regularly for the students

0.699

  

0.827

0.689

 P4 Is easily approachable for discussions

0.771

  

0.815

0.825

Communication of Goals

 

0.97

0.81

  

 C1 States learning goals clearly

0.697

  

0.886

0.721

 C2 Prioritizes learning goals and topics

0.675

  

0.886

0.671

 C3 Debriefing the learning goals periodically

0.689

  

0.882

0.594

Communication of Goals

 

0.96

0.91

  

 E1 Evaluates student’s specialty knowledge regularly

0.653

  

0.886

0.879

 E2 Evaluates student’s analytical abilities regularly

0.676

  

0.880

0.699

 E3 Evaluates student’s application of knowledge to specific patients

0.657

  

0.876

0.813

 E4 Evaluates student’s medical skills regularly

0.554

  

0.868

0.758

 E5 Evaluates student’s, communication, and professionalism during patient encounter

0.497

  

0.876

0.734

Feedback

 

0.96

0.84

  

 F1 Regularly gives constructive feedbacks to students

0.648

  

0.891

0.726

 F2 Explains why students are incorrect

0.609

  

0.884

0.655

 F3 Offers suggestions for improvement

0.663

  

0.890

0.652

 F4 Gives students chance to reflect on the feedback

0.650

  

0.881

0.674

Promoting self-directed learning

 

0.96

0.88

  

 PS1 Motivates students to study further and deeper in the topic

0.671

  

0.878

0.787

 PS2 Stimulates students to keep up with the literature

0.651

  

0.875

0.772

 PS3 Motivates students to learn independently

0.699

  

0.855

0.813

  1. a Cronbach’s α >0.70 was taken as an indication of satisfactory reliability of each composite scale
  2. b Item-total correlation values <0.4 indicate that the corresponding item does not correlate well with the composite scale
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