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Table 2 Results of the factor analysis of evaluation items (by 6-point scale) of the students’ pharmacy practice

From: Evaluation of pharmacy practice program in the 6-year pharmaceutical education curriculum in Japan: hospital pharmacy practice program

Question FA1 FA2 FA3 FA4
(1) I am satisfied because I was able to learn what would be useful for my career as a pharmacist. 0.84 0.02 −0.05 −0.05
(2) I was able to experience the overall work of a pharmacist sufficiently. 0.84 −0.09 −0.05 0.01
(3) The actual learning contents were in line with the learning objectives (SBOs). 0.72 −0.08 0.03 −0.01
(4) I felt that I had too many tasks that would not lead to learning for me as a trainee. −0.65 −0.01 0.05 −0.01
(5) I was able to experience “team medical care” at hospital sufficiently. 0.63 0.02 −0.03 0.06
(6) Some learning contents were far from pharmacist’s work. −0.52 0.03 0.05 0.03
(7) Training schedule by hour was prepared and informed to me in advance. 0.49 −0.05 0.03 −0.06
(8) At the beginning of the training, an appropriate orientation useful for the training was conducted (e.g., briefing on the overall work of hospital and pharmacy). 0.46 −0.10 0.19 0.02
(9) I felt a gap between the ideal and real work of a pharmacist. −0.43 −0.01 0.13 0.02
(10) I think I can work in clinical practice without problem because I was able to obtain a better understanding of the role of medicine or a pharmacist to some extent. 0.36 0.12 0.00 0.04
(11) The pharmacists facilitated your appropriate self-learning so that you can solve the problems of the patients. 0.35 0.34 0.04 0.05
(12) The pharmacists were able to have an empathetic communication with you. −0.09 0.95 0.02 0.00
(13) The pharmacists accepted you as a member of the team. 0.05 0.72 0.08 −0.03
(14) I experienced some problems getting along with people at the training site. −0.14 −0.46 0.11 0.04
(15) The university teachers gave you enough feedback on your learnings at the training site. −0.15 0.07 0.91 0.00
(16) The university teachers provided enough support for me so that I can prevent trouble or work on the practical training smoothly in case of trouble. 0.01 −0.02 0.85 −0.02
(17) The practical training contents were well matched with the classes from the 1st to the 4th years (excluding the pre-practice training). 0.24 −0.03 0.36 −0.03
(18) I was able to have enough time with patients to talk with them. −0.02 −0.01 −0.02 1.02
(19) I was able to have enough time with patients to explain about drugs or the disease. 0.07 0.02 0.03 0.75
Inter-factor correlations     
FA1   0.67 0.40 0.53
FA2    0.30 0.49
FA3     0.28
Cronbach’s alpha 0.76 0.75 0.72 0.69
  1. The factors were defined as following: the 1st factor (FA1) is “satisfactory learning (hospital);” the 2nd factor (FA2) is the “support system of the training site (hospital);” the 3rd factor (FA3) is the “support system of the university;” and the 4th factor (FA4) is “dialogue with patients.” The bold numbers are the factors loadings that were considered significant