Ramaswamy Vidya
Vidya Ramaswamy, PhD, is Associate Director of Curriculum and Program Evaluation, University of Michigan School of Dentistry
J Dent Educ. 2019 Jan;83(1):94-102. doi: 10.21815/JDE.019.012.
The Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) is a widely used instrument based on a personality framework measuring five dimensions: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experiences. The aim of this study was to establish a scale to assess dental students' professionalism by adding to the TIPI's five dimensions a set of descriptors that define professional behavior in dental students. The resulting Patient Management and Professionalism Scale (PMPS) was then tested with a cohort of graduating students at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry. To develop the scale, one clinic director and a patient care coordinator from four clinics wrote descriptive statements for each of the five dimensions based on their observations of dental students in the context of their clinical experiences. These descriptors were compiled into a single scale. The PMPS demonstrated good scale reliability and interrater agreement and correlated significantly with students' patient management grade scores and cumulative GPA at the end of their fourth year. Exploratory factor analysis showed the presence of a single factor (professionalism) with all five dimensions loading highly on this factor, accounting for 66% of variance in scores. While a useful standardized measure to assess professionalism in dental students, the PMPS also has a flexible format that makes it easy for other schools to use.
十项人格量表（TIPI）是一种广泛使用的工具，它基于一个人格框架，用于测量五个维度：外向性、宜人性、尽责性、情绪稳定性和经验开放性。本研究的目的是通过在TIPI的五个维度上增加一组定义牙科学生职业行为的描述符，建立一个评估牙科学生专业素养的量表。然后，用密歇根大学牙科学院的一群即将毕业的学生对由此产生的患者管理与专业素养量表（PMPS）进行了测试。为了开发该量表，来自四个诊所的一位诊所主任和一位患者护理协调员根据他们在临床经验背景下对牙科学生的观察，为五个维度中的每一个维度撰写了描述性陈述。这些描述符被汇编成一个单一的量表。PMPS显示出良好的量表信度和评分者间一致性，并且与学生在第四年末期的患者管理成绩得分和累积平均绩点显著相关。探索性因素分析表明存在一个单一因素（专业素养），所有五个维度在该因素上的负荷都很高，占分数方差的66%。虽然PMPS是评估牙科学生专业素养的一种有用的标准化测量工具，但它也具有灵活的形式，便于其他学校使用。
