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Table 3 Simplified Chinese DES: pattern matrix a

From: Cross-cultural validation and psychometric testing of the Debriefing Experience Scale (DES): a cross-sectional study

Scale (one item removed)

Component

1

2

3

Item 5: My questions from the simulation were answered by debriefing

0.74

-0.15

-0.07

Item 2: Debriefing was helpful in processing the simulation experience

0.72

0.14

0.34

Item 19: The facilitator provided constructive evaluation of the simulation during debriefing

0.71

-0.02

0.03

Item 10: The facilitator reinforced aspects of the health care team’s behavior

0.68

-0.01

0.08

Item 20: The facilitator provided adequate guidance during the debriefing

0.59

0.21

0.05

Item 15: Debriefing provided a means for me to reflect on my actions during the simulation

0.56

0.07

-0.16

Item 9: Debriefing helped me to analyze my thoughts

0.56

0.07

-0.32

Item 8: Debriefing helped me to make connections between theory and real-life situations

0.54

-0.01

-0.16

Item 11: The debriefing environment was physically comfortable

0.52

0.27

0.28

Item 4: Debriefing helped me to find meaning in the simulation

0.49

0.13

-0.16

Item 1: Debriefing helped me to make connections in my learning

0.44

0.13

-0.40

Item 3: Debriefing provided me with a learning opportunity

0.42

0.12

-0.23

Item 17: The debriefing session facilitator was an expert in the content area

-0.10

0.74

-0.07

Item 18: The facilitator taught the right amount during the debriefing session

0.19

0.68

0.06

Item 14: The debriefing session facilitator talked the right amount during debriefing

-0.02

0.68

-0.14

Item 6: I became more aware of myself during the debriefing session

0.03

0.65

0.14

Item 16: I had enough time to debrief thoroughly

0.13

0.59

-0.04

Item 7: Debriefing helped me to clarify problems

0.24

0.05

-0.61

Item 13: The facilitator allowed me enough time to verbalize my feelings before commenting

-0.01

0.46

-0.59

  1. Extraction method: Principal Component Analysis
  2. Rotation method: Oblimin with Kaiser Normalization
  3. a Rotation converged in 10 iterations