Application of 360-degree evaluation in evaluating professional ethics and communication skills of intern doctors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-1485.2014.07.021
- VernacularTitle:360度评价法在实习医师职业道德和沟通能力评价中应用的研究
- Author:
Rujing REN
;
Gang WANG
;
En XU
;
Ping WU
;
Yi FU
;
Shengdi CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
360 degree evaluation;
Reliability;
Intern doctor;
Professional ethics;
Communication ability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Education Research
2014;(7):728-731
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of intern doctor training by 360 degree evaluation scale and to provide references for formulating targeted training plan. Methods A 360-degree evaluation scale with 6 subscales(Attendings, Peers, Nurse, Patients, Directors and Students) was employed to measure the status quo of medical education , represented by professional ethics and communication skills, among 129 intern doctors in medical clinical college. Cronbach's alpha was used to evaluate the reliability of the scale,one-way ANOVA was used to compare the difference of score among different scorers,and t test and Mann-Whitney test were employed to compare scores be-tween male group and female group, 5-year class and 8-year class (The significance level was set at P<0.05). Results Cronbach' α coefficients were 0.878, 0.948, 0.914, 0.908, and 0.934 for six sub-scales and 0.964 for the general scale. There were significant differences in evaluation scale scores a-mong differ-ent evaluators(P<0.01). After being adjusted by weight index, the average scores of pro-fessional ethics and communication ability & interpersonal relationship were ( 92 . 52 ± 8 . 09 ) and (93.32±8.67) respectively. No differences was observed between male and female, 5-year class and 8-year class(P>0.05). Conclusions 360 degree evaluation scale has reasonable reliability and it can provide valuable references for future similar survey in China. Meanwhile, intern doctors exhibit rela-tively good performances in professional ethics and communication ability & interpersonal relationship in the present study.
