Changes in character strengths after watching movies: when to use rasch analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Professionalism is a critical part of a medical education, and various activities have been proposed to enhance professionalism among medical students. Watching films is an activity to promote character related to professionalism. Limitation of such is a single group pre-posttest design raising concerns about the errors of measurement. The study aimed to demonstrate a method to deal with this design using Rasch analysis.

Results

This study used a pre-posttest design with 40 first year medical students. All participated in a 3-day activity that involved watching four selected movies: Twilight, Gandhi, The Shawshank Redemption and Amélie. These films offer compelling illustrations of the themes of self-regulation, humility, prudence and gratitude, respectively. All p

SUBMITTER: Siritikul S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787118 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature