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Table 2 Results of Principal Components Analysis and descriptive statistics of items used to assess dependent variables (N = 129)

From: Predictors of medical student interest in Indigenous health learning and clinical practice: a Canadian case study

 

Component Loading b

Mean out of 4

(SD)

Strongly disagree N(%)

Somewhat disagree N(%)

Somewhat agree N(%)

Strongly agree N(%)

I don’t know N(%)

Perceived importance of Indigenous content in curricula (α = 0.805) a

 

3.48 (0.63)

     

Conventional (i.e. western) physicians should be aware of traditional medicine(s) that their patients may be using.

0.694

3.65 (0.638)

3 (2.3)

2 (1.6)

31 (24.0)

89 (69.0)

4 (3.1)

It is valuable to me as a physician/in-training to be educated on social issues concerning Aboriginal peoples.

0.884

3.52 (0.768)

5 (3.9)

6 (4.7)

33 (25.6)

81 (62.8)

4 (3.1)

It is valuable to me as a physician/in-training to be educated on the health issues concerning Aboriginal peoples

0.877

3.60 (0.718)

4 (3.1)

5 (3.9)

29 (22.5)

88 (68.2)

3 (2.3)

The clinical curriculum should incorporate a rotation in an Aboriginal community

0.630

3.16 (0.974)

12 (9.3)

12 (9.3)

40 (31.0)

55 (42.6)

10 (7.8)

Interest in working in an Indigenous community

 I would consider working in a First Nations, Métis, and/or Inuit community

N/A

2.68 (1.11)

21 (16.3)

18 (14.0)

32 (24.8)

28(21.7)

30 (23.3)

  1. a Cronbach’s alpha for the subscale
  2. b Component loadings < 0.4 suppressed