Validation of Japanese Version of Medical Emotion Scale

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K18870
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 58010:Medical management and medical sociology-related
• Research Institution: Hirosaki University
• Principal Investigator: Nomura Osamu 弘前大学, 医学研究科, 助教 (20866222)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: 感情 / 価値制御理論 / 達成感情 / 医療者教育 / 心理測定尺度

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Physicians' and medical students' emotions can influence their performance in practice and training; however, there has been no research on learners' emotions in Japanese medical education. The aim of this study was to collect validity evidence of the Japanese version of the Medical Education Emotion Scale (J-MES) developed by Nomura et al. and to examine whether the J-MES can be used in Japanese medical education in using Kane's framework of validity arguments. The research was conducted in three educational settings: 1) undergraduate medical education, 2) postgraduate medical education, and 3) clinical training developed in response to to COVID-19 pandemic. The results showed that sufficient evidence was collected in all settings and J-MES can be used to study trainees' emotions in medical education in Japan.

Free Research Field

医療者教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

J-MESが医療者や医学生が負担なく回答でき、心理統計学的にも信頼性の高い尺度であることが統計解析により示され、さらには医療者教育の多様な学習・研修・業務環境で活用可能であること、そして、これらの検証を通じて、同尺度が我が国の医学教育研究に実装可能なツールであることが判定されるに至った。