The postgraduate medical educational climate assessed by the Danish Residency Educational Climate Test (DK-RECT): a validation and cross-sectional observational study

Table 4 Reliability analysis of Danish Residency Educational Climate Test of number of trainees and specialties required for reliable results^a

Subscales	SEM^b (one department) n (trainees)	RMSE^c (group of specialties) n (specialties)/ n (trainees)
1. Supervision	6	5/2
2. Coaching and assessment	3	No^d
3. Feedback	7	8/2
4. Teamwork	4	4/2
5. Peer collaboration	4	3/2
6. Professional relationship between supervisors	5	7/2
7. Work adapted to trainee skill level	4	4/2
8. Role of supervisors	2	No^d
9. Formal education	3	No^d
10. Role of programme director	3	No^d
11. Patient sign-out	3	No^d

^aE.g. in the supervision subscale, including six trainees from one specialty or two trainees each from five specialties achieved more reliable results
^bSEM: Standard error of measurement
^cRMSE: Root mean square error
^dAdditional specialties added no benefit

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