Table 1b.
Descriptive statistics and factors for items measuring the hidden curriculum at the individual and institutional levels
| Descriptive statistics | Factor loadings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC at the individual level | HC at the institutional level | |||||||
| Items (score range: 1- 6) | Mean | SD | N | Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | |
| Experienced positive comments or behaviours because of my field of medicine. | 4.35 | 0.92 | 222 | 0.65 | ||||
| Experienced negative comments or behaviours because of my field of medicine. | 3.27 | 1.40 | 222 | 0.60 | ||||
| I have heard medical learners or faculty make positive comments or show respect towards a field/fields of medicine | ||||||||
| other than their own. | 4.41 | 0.96 | 222 | 0.57 | ||||
| I have heard medical learners or faculty make negative comments or be disrespectful about a field/fields of | ||||||||
| medicine other than their own. | 4.25 | 1.22 | 222 | 0.58 | ||||
| I was denied opportunities. | 2.55 | 1.54 | 222 | 0.81 | ||||
| I was encouraged to pursue an opportunity. | 3.80 | 1.48 | 222 | 0.73 | ||||
| I was treated unfairly. | 2.64 | 1.52 | 222 | 0.80 | ||||
| I was valued for the work I do. | 4.00 | 1.38 | 222 | 0.57 | ||||
| I was made to feel incompetent or lazy. | 2.69 | 1.57 | 222 | 0.71 | ||||
| I was given less desirable jobs/tasks. | 2.82 | 1.65 | 222 | 0.79 | ||||
| I was made to feel that I was a part of the team/group. | 4.06 | 1.39 | 222 | 0.60 | ||||
| I have contemplated changing (or have changed) my field of medicine because of negative hidden curriculum. | 2.32 | 1.64 | 222 | 0.57 | ||||
| I have felt I should or I have concealed my field of medicine to minimize negative consequences for me. | 2.71 | 1.75 | 222 | 0.57 | ||||
| Having witnessed people acting respectfully towards those in other fields of medicine has positively changed my | ||||||||
| perception of that area of medicine. | 3.90 | 1.43 | 222 | 0.82 | ||||
| Having witnessed people acting disrespectfully towards those in other fields of medicine has negatively changed my | ||||||||
| perception of that area of medicine. | 3.45 | 1.59 | 222 | 0.79 | ||||
| I am collegial and professional about other areas of medicine* | 4.72 | 0.54 | 222 | 0.64 | ||||
| I am discourteous about other areas of medicine. | 2.51 | 1.05 | 222 | 0.81 | ||||
| Some fields of medicine are respected more than others at own institution* | 2.13 | 1.22 | 194 | 0.76 | ||||
| Within fields of medicine with subspecialties (e.g., Medicine, Surgery) some subspecialties are respected more than | ||||||||
| others at our institution.* | 2.31 | 1.24 | 194 | 0.65 | ||||
| Everyone who works here, no matter their area of medicine, has an equal chance to succeed at our institution. | 3.76 | 1.43 | 194 | 0.85 | ||||
| Everyone who works here, no matter their area of medicine, is equally respected at our institution. | 3.21 | 1.43 | 194 | 0.87 | ||||
| Our institution (university, hospital, etc) equally values all fields of medicine both in words and actions. | 3.20 | 1.47 | 194 | 0.87 | ||||
| Our governing bodies (OMA, CPSO, government etc) equally value all fields of medicine both in words and actions. | 3.26 | 1.51 | 194 | 0.70 | ||||
| Cronbach's alpha | 0.86 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.50 | 0.87 | |||
| % of variance accounted for by each factor | 23.97 | 12.13 | 11.72 | 10.12 | 61.88 | |||
| Eigen values | 5.47 | 2.037 | 1.04 | 1.37 | 13.71 | |||
Notes: [1]*Item was reverse coded.
[2] Factor loadings below 0.4 were ommitted.