Psychometric properties of the Postgraduate Hospital Educational Environment Measure in an Iranian hospital setting

Figures & data

Table 1 Comparison of factors extracted in the study and the original questionnaire

	Factor	Name	Items	Cronbach's α
Study subscales	1	Teaching	10, 15, 22, 28, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40	0.88
	2	Education system	1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 21, 23	0.84
	3	Training facilities	17, 20, 26, 27, 32, 38	0.78
	4	Job satisfaction	12, 16, 18, 19, 29, 34, 36	0.79
	5	Social support	5, 7*, 8*, 11*, 13*, 24, 25	0.74
Original subscales	1	Perception of role autonomy	1, 4, 5, 8*, 9, 11*, 14, 17, 18, 29, 30, 32, 34, 40	0.84
	2	Perception of teaching	2, 3, 6, 10, 12, 15, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 39	0.90
	3	Perception of social support	7*, 13*, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 35, 36, 38	0.80

*Items reverse-coded prior to scoring.

Note: Persian version of the questionnaire can be accessed at: http://etums.tums.ac.ir/Default.aspx?PageID=166.