Research on conscientiousness index measuring professionalism of low grade medical students

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2018.04.031

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To investigate the efficacy and feasibility of conscientiousness index(CI) in measuring professionalism of low grade medical students.Methods This study using the CI measuring professionalism of 422 medical students in low grade. Evaluation contents included attendance, reading and lecture notes, behavioral change plan, course homework and voluntary participations. The resultant CI was compared with staff views on professionalism.Results There is no statistical differences in CI distributing between different grade(P>0.05), and the CI has good correlation with the construct of professionalism perceived by staff views of individual students' professional behavior.Conclusions Results from this study suggest that CI can be used to evaluate the professionalism of low grade medical students.

Key words: Conscientiousness index, Low grade, Medical students, Professionalism, Evaluation

Chen Kai. Research on conscientiousness index measuring professionalism of low grade medical students[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2018, 38(4): 612-616.

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