Clinical Education Environment Assessment Scale
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
AgeNot listed
SponsorLokman Hekim University
About this trial
This study aims to develop and evaluate a questionnaire that measures how health sciences students perceive the clinical environments in which they complete internships or clinical placements. The questionnaire will assess areas such as patient characteristics, supervisor support, working conditions, physical facilities, and learning experiences.
Fourth-year health sciences students who have previously completed clinical training will be invited to complete an anonymous questionnaire. Participation is voluntary, and completing the questionnaire will take approximately 10 minutes. No intervention, treatment, image recording, or biological sample collection will be involved.
The results may help universities and clinical training institutions identify strengths and areas for improvement in clinical education environments. The developed scale may also support educational quality assurance and accreditation processes.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Fourth-year undergraduate student enrolled in a health sciences program.
Previous or current experience of clinical practice, internship, or clinical placement.
Able to read and understand Turkish.
Provides voluntary informed consent to participate.
Disqualifiers
No previous or current clinical practice, internship, or clinical placement experience.
Incomplete questionnaire responses.
Trial population
The study population will consist of fourth-year undergraduate students enrolled in health sciences programs at Hacettepe University Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation and Lokman Hekim University Faculty of Health Sciences. Eligible students will be those who have previously completed or are currently participating in clinical practice, internship, or clinical placement training. Students from Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Dietetics, Speech and Language Therapy, Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Nursing, and Audiology programs may be included. Participants will be recruited using convenience sampling through relevant academic staff, clinical education settings, and student representatives. A minimum sample of 310 students is planned, based on the anticipated 31-item scale and the recommendation to recruit at least 10 participants per item for scale development studies. Participation will be voluntary, and all data will be collected anonymously through sel
Trial design
Design model
Other
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Observational assessment
Other interventionParticipants completed assessment forms. No intervention was administered.
Treatment groups
310 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Health Sciences Students with Clinical Placement Experience1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Exploratory Factor Analysis Factor Loadings
The factor structure of the newly developed scale will be evaluated using exploratory factor analysis. Factor loadings of the scale items will be examined to determine the contribution of each item to the underlying factor structure. Higher factor loadings indicate stronger association between the item and the relevant factor.
Time frame
Baseline (Day 1)2
Explained Variance in Exploratory Factor Analysis
The total variance explained by the factor structure identified through exploratory factor analysis will be calculated. A higher percentage of explained variance indicates that the factor structure accounts for a greater proportion of the variability in scale responses.
Time frame
Baseline day 13
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy
The adequacy of the data for factor analysis will be assessed using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measure. Higher values indicate greater suitability of the data for factor analysis.
Time frame
Baseline (day 1)4
Bartlett's Test of Sphericity
The suitability of the correlation matrix for factor analysis will be assessed using Bartlett's test of sphericity. A statistically significant result indicates that the correlation matrix is appropriate for factor analysis.
Time frame
Baseline (day 1)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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