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. 2024 Aug 21;24:900. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05886-1

Table 2.

PTMQ items, medians, interquartile ranges, skewness, and kurtosis for all participants

Subdomains Survey Item Median (IQR) Skewness Kurtosis
Intrinsic
1 I look forward to my next teaching session most of the time 2.00 (1.00) 0.87 0.26
2 I enjoy my teaching most of the time 1.00 (1.00) 1.26 1.63
3 I am completely in my element when teaching 2.00 (1.00) 0.77 0.60
4 I teach because it increases my job satisfaction 1.00 (1.00) 1.51 2.73
Identified
5 I teach because it’s important for me to make a contribution to students becoming a good healthcare professional in the future 1.00 (1.00) 1.62 1.61
6 I teach because I am convinced it’s my duty to pass on my knowledge 2.00 (1.00) 0.99 0.92
7 I teach because I feel that the knowledge I impart is important 1.00 (1.00) 0.72 -0.50
Introjected
8 I teach because otherwise I feel guilty for not helping my colleagues 4.00 (2.00) -0.38 -0.87
9 I teach because otherwise I feel guilty for not helping my supervisors 4.00 (2.00) -0.49 -0.66
Career
10 I teach because it is good for my CV to accomplish my occupational objectives 3.00 (2.00) -0.25 -1.01
11 I teach because it is advantageous to my occupation 3.00 (2.00) 0.45 -0.81
12 I teach because it is good for my career progression 3.00 (2.00) -0.05 -1.0.
External
13 I teach most of the time because my supervisors expect it from me 4.00 (2.00) -0.81 -0.37
14 I mainly teach because it is part of my position description 4.00 (2.00) -0.76 -0.49
15 I mainly teach because otherwise I could be performance managed 5.00 (1.00) -1.59 2.24
Amotivation
16 I teach even though I feel that teaching is a lower priority than my other occupational activities 4.00 (2.75) -0.51 -1.04
17 I rarely feel like teaching but do it anyway 5.00 (1.00) -1.67 2.67
18 I teach even though I often perceive it as an annoying chore 5.00 (1.00) -1.49 1.48

5 Likert response range: 1 = Strongly agree, 2 = Somewhat agree, 3 = Neither agree nor disagree, 4 = Somewhat disagree, 5 = Strongly disagree.