Evaluation of Family Medicine Residents' Reflection Skills

Background: This study is a cross-sectional study and aimed to conduct validity and reliability analyses for the Turkish adaptation of the Groningen Reflection Ability Scale (GRAS) and to evaluate the reflection skills of family medicine (FM) residents using the adapted scale, examining the correlation between reflection skills and various variables. Methods: GRAS has been translated into Turkish. Firstly, the Turkish version was administered to 230 residents from various specialties. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run, Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were calculated. Then, the adapted scale was administered to 336 FM residents in Turkey. Skewness and kurtosis coefficients, Shapiro-Wilk test and non-parametric tests were employed. Results: In the first phase, GRAS-TR-pg with 20-item, single-dimension and three-factor structure has been validated for use with Turkish postgraduate medical students. Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients were found to be sufficient. In the second phase, there were no significant differences in the scores received, based on various variables. Conclusion: This study reveals that the adapted GRAS-TR-pg can serve as a valid and reliable tool to measure the reflective skills of postgraduate medical students in Turkey. No significant differences found based on various variables regarding the reflection skill levels of Turkish FM residents.