Conceptualisation and Development of a values-based scale of emergency physicians' professional identities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians' values about what constitute their professional identities are integral in understanding how they ascribe meaning to their practice. However, there is no general consensus on the conceptualization and measurement of physicians' professional identities. This study developed and validated a values-based scale for measuring physicians' professional identities.

Methods

A hybrid research method was used to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. We employed literature review, semi-structured interview, Q-sorting exercise to examine the conceptualization of emergency physicians' professional identities and to initially develop a 40-item scale. A panel of five experts assessed the scale's content validity. Using 150 emergency physicians as our sample,

SUBMITTER: Chang YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10236731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature