A New Instrument for Residency Program Evaluation

The purpose of the study was to develop a comprehensive program evaluation instrument. Following pilot work with residents, a 69‐item instrument consisting of statements with 5‐point strongly agree to strongly disagree response options was distributed to 107 residents; 104 responded. Psychometric an...

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Published in:Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 1997-11, Vol.12 (11), p.707-710
Main Authors: Bellini, Lisa, Shea, Judy A., Asch, David A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brief Reports
Career development planning
Careers
Health participants
Humans
Internal medicine
Internship and Residency
Job Satisfaction
Lifestyles
Medical sciences
Missing data
program evaluation
Program Evaluation - methods
Psychometrics
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Quantitative psychology
Questionnaires
residency
Specialty products
Surveys and Questionnaires
Workloads
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Summary:The purpose of the study was to develop a comprehensive program evaluation instrument. Following pilot work with residents, a 69‐item instrument consisting of statements with 5‐point strongly agree to strongly disagree response options was distributed to 107 residents; 104 responded. Psychometric analyses revealed no ceiling or floor effects; 9 items were deleted. There were three subscales: workload (19 items;α = .76); educational environment (29 items;α = .72) and lifestyle issues (12 items;α = .62). Mean item scores were significantly higher for educational environment (3.53; SD 0.28) than for workload (2.78; SD 0.39) and lifestyle (2.96; SD 0.42). Items with the lowest scores reflected issues that were largely fixable. The 60‐item instrument appears to be psychometrically sound, comprehensive, and exportable.
ISSN:0884-8734
1525-1497
DOI:10.1046/j.1525-1497.1997.07139.x