Reflective Thinking Scale for Healthcare Students and Providers-Chinese version

We developed the Reflective Thinking Scale for Healthcare Students and Providers (RTS-HSP) in Chinese by conducting a systematic literature review and consulting with a panel of experts. Participants were 579 randomly selected healthcare students and professionals from Taiwan. Using exploratory fact...

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Published in:Social behavior and personality 2019-02, Vol.47 (2), p.1-10
Main Authors: Liao, Hung-Chang, Wang, Ya-huei
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult learning
Chinese languages
Community health care
Critical thinking
Cronbach's alpha
Educational psychology
Epistemology
Experts
Exploratory factor analysis
Health care
Health sciences
Health services
Healthcare
Healthcare Providers
Healthcare Students
Literature reviews
Measures
Medical personnel
Medical students
Nursing education
Professionals
Psychological research
Questionnaires
Reflection
Reflective learning
Reflective teaching
Reflective Thinking
Reliability
Scale Development
Scale Validation
Self examination (Psychology)
Selfexamination
Students
Surveys
Systematic review
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Summary:We developed the Reflective Thinking Scale for Healthcare Students and Providers (RTS-HSP) in Chinese by conducting a systematic literature review and consulting with a panel of experts. Participants were 579 randomly selected healthcare students and professionals from Taiwan. Using exploratory factor analysis we developed 22 items rated on a 9-point Likert scale, and extracted 4 factors: reflective skepticism (6 items explaining 29.48% of the variance), self-examination (6 items explaining 11.41% of the variance), empathetic reflection (5 items explaining 8.96% of the variance), and critical open-mindedness (5 items explaining 6.81% of the variance). Cronbach's alpha reliability values for the 4 dimensions and the overall scale ranged from .77 to .87. An assessment of the RTS-HSP's concurrent validity with the Questionnaire for Reflective Thinking also supported our scale's external validity. Thus, the RTS-HSP can be considered a reliable instrument for measuring reflective thinking among healthcare students and professionals.
ISSN:0301-2212
1179-6391
DOI:10.2224/sbp.7671