Validation of a translated and adapted professionalism assessment scale in a virtual simulation scenario

Abstract:

Introduction:

“Professionalism Mini-Evaluation Exercise” (P-MEX) is an instrument that assesses 21 professionalism skills, distributed in four domains.

Objective:

To translate, adapt and analyze the validity of the medical professionalism evaluation exercise.

Methods:

After authorization from the author, the following tasks were performed: translation into Portuguese; linguistic equivalence and content validity analysis by education experts; operational validity analysis in virtual OSCE among medical clerkship students.

Results:

There was high equivalence of the items in the Brazilian Portuguese version by education specialists. The Scale Content Validity Index was 0.96. Six teachers validated the P-MEX in a simulation environment to 27 medical clerkship students.

Conclusion:

The Brazilian version of the P-MEX proved to be adequate to assess medical professionalism in the Brazilian context, and showed good operational validity in a virtual simulation scenario.

Keywords:
Professionalism. Education; medical. Educational measurement. Cross-cultural comparison