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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Health Professions Education
  • Visual Communication

Background:

  • Effective communication is crucial in clinical and healthcare settings.
  • A lack of valid and reliable measures for visual literacy in healthcare exists.
  • Visual literacy skills are essential for health students and professionals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a visual literacy scale for health students and professionals.
  • To provide a tool for educators to assess and improve visual literacy.
  • To enhance effective communication in clinical and healthcare environments.

Main Methods:

  • Scale development followed a three-phase process.
  • Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were used.
  • Psychometric properties including reliability and validity were examined on 767 participants.

Main Results:

  • The Visual Literacy Scale for Health Students and Professionals (VLS-HSP) was developed.
  • EFA identified three factors: "allegorical meaning," "explicit meaning," and "symbolic meaning."
  • CFA validated a 22-item scale with good psychometric properties and reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.90).

Conclusions:

  • The VLS-HSP is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing visual literacy.
  • The scale can be used to measure visual literacy in health students and professionals.
  • The VLS-HSP supports the development of essential communication skills in healthcare.