Development and validation of a new multidimensional questionnaire called Muslim Medical Student Questionnaire (MMSQ) among Malaysian undergraduates

Introduction: A handful of medical schools have implemented the Islamic input in medical program into their medical curricula. However we are facing a setback as there is no validated standard assessment tool to measure the effectiveness of this academic input for undergraduate medical programme. Th...

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Main Authors: Musa, Ramli, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi, Che Ahmad, Aminudin, Draman, Samsul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2018
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/66995/1/86.%20Muslim%20Medical%20Student%20scale.pdf
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http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_17_special_issue_2/Pages-from-2WCII-SI2-097.pdf
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Summary:Introduction: A handful of medical schools have implemented the Islamic input in medical program into their medical curricula. However we are facing a setback as there is no validated standard assessment tool to measure the effectiveness of this academic input for undergraduate medical programme. Therefore the objective of this study is to design a scale that is able to gauge the impact of the Islamic input among medical undergraduates. Materials and Methods: The construction of a new scale is based on the 5 stages of standard questionnaire design. To validate the newly designed scale, it was administered to all the medical students who granted their consent. Results: A total of 520 students from all academic years of a medical school were enrolled in the validation stage. Bartlet’s KMO value is 0.9. From 46 items, 67% had good factor loading (>0.4). Cronbach’s alpha values of 0.78, 0.85 and 0.13 were obtained for Attitude, Practice and Knowledge domains respectively. We identified the 3 domains by using exploratory factor analysis. Conclusion: The scale has good psychometric values for both reliability and validity.