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Extending the use of the conceptions of learning and teaching (COLT) instrument to the postgraduate setting
- Source :
- BMC Medical Education, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-6 (2021), BMC Medical Education, 21(1):32. BioMed Central Ltd, BMC Medical Education
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2021.
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Abstract
- Background Several studies have shown that conceptions of teachers on teaching and learning can influence the teaching practices and behavior in higher education. This association is also found in undergraduate medical education but not yet established in postgraduate medical setting. An instrument, Conceptions of Learning and Teaching (COLT) was developed to measure conception of teachers in undergraduate medical education. COLT is a 3-factor 18-item questionnaire. The objective of this study is to evaluate if COLT is valid for postgraduate medical education. Methods We invited postgraduate clinical faculty from 3 hospitals in the Netherlands to fill out the COLT. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis were performed to evaluate the fit of the postgraduate clinical faculty data to the COLT. Analysis of variance was done to evaluate if there was difference among the 3 hospitals in terms of the response by the clinical faculty. Results Confirmatory factor analysis showed that the postgraduate faculty data had a 2 factor structure after removal of five items. These factors were Teacher Centeredness (TC) and combined Appreciation of Active Learning and Orientation to Professional Practice (A-P) and were considered as comparable to the factors in the original COLT, expressing the post-graduate learning and teaching setting. As several items were removed, the fit was suboptimal, yet did suggest validity for use of the COLT for postgraduate medical education. Conclusion The modified COLT can be used to measure conceptions of teaching and learning in postgraduate medical education. We recommend further study to improve the factor structure of the modified COLT.
- Subjects :
- Faculty, Medical
020205 medical informatics
Higher education
education
lcsh:Medicine
Professional practice
02 engineering and technology
Factor structure
Education
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Netherlands
Medical education
lcsh:LC8-6691
Education, Medical
lcsh:Special aspects of education
business.industry
Medical setting
Teaching
lcsh:R
General Medicine
Exploratory factor analysis
Confirmatory factor analysis
Active learning
Factor Analysis, Statistical
business
Psychology
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14726920
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Medical Education
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bce2fe5f6462858c7e7d6c97e58fbdf2