Digital literacy across disciplines scale for medical students: development, validation, and analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To develop and validate a Digital Literacy Across Disciplines (DLAD) scale for medical students, analyze its differential performance across gender and major groups, and provide insights for the digital transformation of medical education.

Methods

Based on Zhou Xiaoli's theoretical framework of DLAD, integrated with World Federation for Medical Education (WFME) standards and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) guidelines, a scale was developed through literature analysis, expert review, student feedback, and formal testing ( n = 675). Reliability and validity were assessed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), whereas differences across majors and genders were analyzed via the Kruskal‒Wallis H test an

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12312514 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature