The postgraduate medical educational climate assessed by the Danish Residency Educational Climate Test (DK-RECT): a validation and cross-sectional observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A good educational climate is essential for delivering high-quality training for medical trainees, professional development, and patient care. The aim of this study was to (1) validate the Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test (D-RECT) in a Danish setting and (2) describe and evaluate the educational climate among medical trainees.

Methods

D-RECT was adopted in a three-step process: translation of D-RECT into Danish (DK-RECT), psychometric validation, and evaluation of educational climate. Trainees from 31 medical specialties at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Denmark were asked to complete an online survey in a cross-sectional study.

Results

We performed a forward-backward translation from Dutch to Danish. Confirmatory factor analysis s

SUBMITTER: Jacobsen RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717804 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature