Factor Analysis of Spirituality as Medical Teachers, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University
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Factor analysis, Spirituality, Medical teachersAbstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze factors of spirituality as medical teachers. The sample is 300 medical teachers, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. The instrument is a questionnaire about the characteristics of spirituality as medical teachers and the content validity determined by 0.67 - 1.00 of IOC and 0.98 of the alpha coefficient reliability. The methods used for data analysis was an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) with the factor extraction that consisted of common factor analysis (CFA) using PAF and orthogonality by varimax method. The result of checking the relationship among the variables showed that 96 observable variables have KMO at 0.953 and communality (h2) is at 0.57 - 0.90. The results found 7 factors that show the spirituality as medical teachers; (1) Roles and Duties as a Medical Teacher, (2) Operating in an Integrity Profession, (3) Responsibility, (4) Innovation and Academic work, (5) Soulful of Faith in the Profession of Medical Teachers, (6) Consideration of Benefits for Work and Altruism and (7) Focus on self-development and journey to excellence. In particular, the obtained factors shows 63.81 percent of spirituality as medical teachers. In conclusion, the doctor who teaches "medical teacher" should have the spirit of being a teacher because the doctor is not only treating patients but also has to teach medical students to have knowledge, skills and attitudes so that they are able to treat patients effectively.
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