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Operating Room Educational Climate Scale for Surgical Specialty Residents: Scale Development and Validation
Hulya Eyigor1, Cuneyt Orhan Kara, Mekin Sezik
1Health Sciences University, Antalya Training and Research Hospital, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Antalya, Turkey.
Turkish Neurosurgery
|May 12, 2021
Summary
A new Turkish scale effectively measures surgical residents' operating room educational climate. This tool aids in standardizing surgical training and improving the learning environment for better surgical skills education.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Surgical Training
- Health Professions Education
Background:
- The operating room (OR) is a critical learning environment for surgical residents.
- Standardized assessment of the OR educational climate is essential for effective surgical training.
- A validated instrument is needed to evaluate resident perceptions of the OR learning environment in Turkey.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a Turkish-language scale for assessing surgical residents' perceptions of the OR educational climate.
- To focus on learning within the operating suite and identify areas for training improvement.
- To establish a tool for standardized surgical training.
Main Methods:
- Expert opinions and focus group discussions informed scale item development.
- A 28-item, 5-point Likert scale with 5 subscales was created: educational process, teamwork, communication, OR infrastructure, and surgical skills education.
- Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Cronbach's alpha were used to assess validity and reliability in 172 residents.
Main Results:
- Confirmatory factor analysis indicated acceptable construct validity (chi-square/sd = 2.27).
- Cronbach's alpha coefficients for subscales ranged from 0.61 to 0.72, with an overall coefficient of 0.89.
- The scale demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and validity.
Conclusions:
- The developed Turkish scale is a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating the OR educational climate.
- This tool can be utilized within the Turkish healthcare system to assess and enhance surgical resident training.
- The scale supports the goal of improved and standardized surgical education.
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