医学系中一种建议的科研环境衡量标准——科研环境衡量标准（SREM）

A suggested scientific research environment measure SREM in medical faculties.

作者信息

Yousef Mohammad Ali, Dashash Mayssoon

机构信息

Medical Education Program, Syrian Virtual University, Damascus, Syria.

Damascus University, Damascus, Syria.

出版信息

Heliyon. 2022 Dec 29;9(1):e12701. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12701. eCollection 2023 Jan.

DOI:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12701

PMID:36685438

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9849986/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Creating a supportive environment for scientific research is vital to improve the quality of research and its impact on development of society. This study outlines the development of a new scale that can measure the scientific research environment of postgraduate medical students. This tool aimed to allow medical institutions to measure their scientific research environment from the researchers' point of view. This may ensure an appropriate scientific research environment for researchers by identifying and overcoming obstacles.

METHODS

Based on literature, an initial list with 58 items was formulated. After discussing with postgraduate students and academic staff members from Damascus University and the Syrian Virtual University, A 38-item scale remained from the initial list of 58 items. To test the scale, postgraduate medical students (n = 30) were asked to fill the scale and answer 38 questions-with a 5-point Likert scale-twice in two separate occasions. The Pearson's correlation coefficient was performed to study the internal correlation. The internal consistency test was performed with Cronbach's Alpha, and the Test-Retest Reliability was conducted to study the reliability of the scale. Moreover, factor analysis was used to determine the sampling adequacy.

RESULTS

Thirty postgraduate medical students at Damascus University completed the 38-item scale. Scale scores in the sample displayed good reliability in relation to published results. Findings, showed an internal correlation among its sub-scales. The results showed an acceptable reliability values such as internal consistency (α = 0.863) and test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.093). KMO had a value bigger than 0.7 (KMO = 0.849) which indicate sampling adequacy, also, Bartlett's test of the sphericity was (1142.76, Df = 91, = 0.000) which prove meaningful of the factor analysis. The results of varimax rotation found that five main factors were retained.

CONCLUSIONS

The Scientific Research Environment Measure (SREM), can be suggested as an effective evaluation instrument which can be applied easily to assess the scientific research environment of postgraduate medical students. This would help the decision makers to support teaching, learning, and research environment through implementing new strategies that inspire postgraduate medical students and increase their engagement.

摘要

背景

营造支持性的科研环境对于提高科研质量及其对社会发展的影响至关重要。本研究概述了一种新量表的开发，该量表可用于衡量医学研究生的科研环境。此工具旨在让医疗机构从研究人员的角度衡量其科研环境。这可能通过识别和克服障碍来确保为研究人员提供适宜的科研环境。

方法

基于文献，制定了一份包含58个条目的初始清单。在与大马士革大学和叙利亚虚拟大学的研究生及学术人员讨论后，初始的58个条目中保留了一个38个条目的量表。为测试该量表，要求医学研究生（n = 30）在两个不同场合分两次填写该量表并回答38个问题（采用5点李克特量表）。进行皮尔逊相关系数分析以研究内部相关性。使用克朗巴哈系数进行内部一致性检验，并进行重测信度分析以研究该量表的信度。此外，采用因子分析来确定抽样适当性。

结果

大马士革大学的30名医学研究生完成了38个条目的量表。样本中的量表得分与已发表结果相比显示出良好的信度。结果表明其各子量表之间存在内部相关性。结果显示出可接受的信度值，如内部一致性（α = 0.863）和重测信度（ICC = 0.093）。KMO值大于0.7（KMO = 0.849），表明抽样适当性，此外，巴特利特球形检验为（1142.76，自由度 = 91，p = 0.000），这证明了因子分析的意义。方差最大化旋转的结果发现保留了五个主要因子。