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Table 2 Factor Pattern Matrix and Communalities of the test-version of the BOCC-tool

From: Assessment of medical students’ integrated clinical communication skills: development of a tailor-made assessment tool

 

Factors with loadings

Communalities extraction

CS

PI

IS

SH

PC

Responds adequate

.713

    

.529

Follows patient

.657

    

.592

Tests own ideas

.644

    

.618

Concretizing questions

.624

    

.571

Directs patient

.607

    

.576

Reflects on emotions

.561

    

.383

Behaviour

.515

    

.403

Social

.461

    

.446

Circumstances worsen problem

 

.796

   

.652

Circumstances alleviate problem

 

.795

   

.647

Effort to relieve problem

 

.346

   

.349

System review main problem

  

.660

  

.471

Summary

  

.646

  

.462

Integration

  

.454

  

.483

Time start

   

.799

 

.630

Evolution in time

   

.701

 

.472

Main problem

   

.570

 

.597

Somatic information

   

.446

 

.551

Introduction

   

.340

 

.279

Cognition

    

.696

.536

Emotion

    

.588

.462

Reason visit

    

.516

.504

  1. CS = Communication skills; PI = Problem influence; IS = Integration skills; SH = Specific history; PC = Problem clarification