• Pak J Med Sci · Nov 2023

    Development and validation of Digi-MEE Instrument measuring online learning environments in medical education.

    • Noor-I-Kiran Naeem, Siti Nurma Hanim Hadie, Irwan Mahazir Ismail, and Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff.
    • Noor-i-Kiran Naeem, FCPS, MSc. MEd. Department of Medical Education, ABWA Medical College, Pakistan. Department of Medical Education, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
    • Pak J Med Sci. 2023 Nov 1; 39 (6): 157315831573-1583.

    ObjectivesTo develop and validate Digital Medical Education Environment (Digi-MEE) Instrument for measuring online learning environment in medical education.MethodsThis series of studies involved 696 participants from May 2022 to December 2022. Following scoping review, invited modified e-Delphi experts developed consensus on the components and related items for measuring online learning environments. A panel of content experts and a group of medical students carried out content and response-process validation to determine Content Validity Index (CVI) and Face Validity Index (FVI) respectively. This was followed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and reliability analysis to determine Digi-MEE's factorial structure and internal consistency using SPSS version 26.0 and AMOS 26.0.ResultsDelphi experts agreed upon nine components with 73 items of initial Digi-MEE version. CVI of Digi-MEE 2.0 was more than 0.90. with FVI of Digi-MEE 3.0 of 0.87. Exploratory factor analysis yielded 46 items with 57.18% variance. Confirmatory factor analysis led to the final Digi-MEE version containing 28 items within nine components with acceptable levels of goodness of fit indices. Overall Cronbach alpha of the final Digi-MEE was more than 0.90, and for the nine components ranged between 0.62 and 0.76.ConclusionDigi-MEE is a promising valid and reliable instrument to evaluate online education environment in medical education. Content, response-process, factorial structure, and internal consistency evidence support the validity of Digi-MEE. Medical schools can use Digi-MEE as an evaluation tool for the continuous quality improvement of online learning environments.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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