Validation of the French translation of the Dutch residency educational climate test

BMC Medical Education

Amine Souadka¹  Mohamed Anass Majbar¹  Laila Amrani¹  Amine Benkabbou¹  Abdeslam Bougtab¹  Raouf Mohsine¹  Yassin Majbar² 

[1] Digestive Surgical Oncology Department, National Institute of Oncology, Ibn Sina University Hospital Centre, Rabat, Morocco;Surgery Department, Faculty of Medicine. Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco;Faculty of Medicine, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fes, Morocco;

关键词: Educational climate;    Postgraduate medical education;    Learning climate;    Residency;    Cross-cultural validation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12909-020-02249-4

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe learning environment is one of the most influential factors in training of medical residents. The Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test (D-RECT) is one of the strongest instruments for measuring the learning environment. However, it has not been translated in French. The objective of this study is the psychometric validation of the DRECT French version.Material and methodsAfter translation of the D-RECT questionnaire into French, residents of five Moroccan hospitals were invited to complete the questionnaire between July and September 2018. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the validity of the construct using the standardized root mean square residual (SRMR), the root mean square error approximation (RMSEA), the Comparative Fit Index (CFI) and the Tucker- Lewis Index (TLI). Reliability analysis was analysed using Internal consistency and Test-retest.ResultsDuring the study period, 211 residents completed the questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis showed an adequate model fit with the following indicators: SRMR = 0.058 / RMSEA = 0.07 / CFI = 0.88 / TLI = 0.87. The French translation had a good internal consistency (Cronbach alpha score >  0.7 for all subscales) and a good temporal stability (correlation score between two measurements = 0.89).ConclusionThis French version has an acceptable validity of the construct, a good internal consistency and good temporal reliability, and may be used to evaluate the learning climate. Additional research is necessary in other French-speaking contexts, in order to confirm these results.

【 授权许可】

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