Attitudes of faculty and residents of surgical specialties towards professionalism at a tertiary care hospital of Islamabad

To determine the attitudes of faculty and residents of surgical specialties towards professionalism and to test the validity and reliability of a tool developed in USA for Pakistan. An exploratory validation study was carried out at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad from 01-Au...

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Published in:Pakistan journal of medical sciences 2019-04, Vol.35 (2), p.371-376
Main Authors: Manzoor, Arifa, Baig, Lubna Ansari, Aly, Syed Moyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
Accreditation
Altruism
Analysis
Attitudes
Behavior
Committees
Councils
Curricula
Ethical aspects
Ethics
Greek history, to 330 (Ancient period)
Internal medicine
Likert scale
Medical education
Medical personnel training
Medical practice
Medicine
Original
Otolaryngology
Professional employees
Surgeons
Surgery
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Summary:To determine the attitudes of faculty and residents of surgical specialties towards professionalism and to test the validity and reliability of a tool developed in USA for Pakistan. An exploratory validation study was carried out at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad from 01-Aug-2016 to 31-Jan-2017. Penn State College of Medicine Professionalism Questionnaire (PSCOM) was used, being a reliable and valid survey tools. Exploratory Factor Analysis of the inter-correlations of responses for 36 items was done using SPPS v 21 to give a factor solution to reflect the perceptions regarding attitudinal elements. There were 209 respondents including 172 residents and 37 faculty members. Response rate was 81.32%. Exploratory Factor Analyses of responses gave a seven factor solution of professionalism: accountability, honour and integrity, excellence, duty, altruism, equity and respect. Six of the factors that emerged reflect the six elements of professionalism reported by American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), except for 'equity', which was the new factor that emerged. Cronbach's alpha (Internal Consistency Reliability) for each element of professionalism was between 0.88-0.98. PSCOM is a valid, reliable, feasible and acceptable tool to assess attitudes of faculty and residents towards professionalism in Pakistan. 'Equity' emerged as a new factor which needs to be studied further.
ISSN:1682-024X
1681-715X
DOI:10.12669/pjms.35.2.387