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A factor analytic study of branching patient management problems
Author(s) -
JUUL DORTHEA H.,
NOE MICHAEL J.,
NERENBERG RENE L.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb01441.x
Subject(s) - factor (programming language) , medicine , class (philosophy) , medical school , branching (polymer chemistry) , family medicine , psychology , medical education , computer science , artificial intelligence , programming language , materials science , composite material
Summary This study was undertaken to determine the factor analytic structure of patient management problems (PMPs) and to determine whether such factors are stable for different groups taking the same examination and for the same group over time. Two examinations were administered to a group of medical students, the first during their junior year and the second during their senior year. The second examination was also administered to a second class of students during their junior year. Factor analyses results indicated there are two components to medical problem‐solving as measured by PMPs‐data gathering and management. Both factors were stable over groups and over time.