Colleague appraisal of Australian general practitioners in training: an analysis of multisource feedback data

BMC Medical Education

Table 1 Principal component analysis reveals three components (clinical performance, behaviour, self-management) in colleagues’ ratings of PEP and AGPT GPiT

Items	Component
Items	1	2	3
Clinical knowledge	0.77
Clinical ability	0.79
Communication with patients	0.81
Compassion/empathy	0.77
Colleague communication	0.66
Teaching and training colleagues	0.70
Punctuality and reliability		0.69
Respect for colleagues		0.75
Ability to say "no"			0.84
Awareness of limitations	0.63
Team orientation	0.64
Use of resources	0.68
Ability to manage stress			0.55
Confidentiality		0.67
Appearance and behaviour		0.78
Respect to their own health		0.70
Trustworthiness/honesty/probity		0.69
Management/leadership skills	0.64
Overall ability	0.77
Variance explained	36.65%	28.68%	15.49%

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