Development and validation of a tool to measure belongingness as a proxy for participation in undergraduate clinical learning.
Rob DanielsAlex HardingJane R SmithMayam Gomez-CanoPublished in: Education for primary care : an official publication of the Association of Course Organisers, National Association of GP Tutors, World Organisation of Family Doctors (2020)
The belongingness scale described in this paper is a valid tool for the study of undergraduate medical students. This has the potential to investigate how variation in student experiences of participation in communities of practice influences learning. This tool revealed significant differences in student belongingness between primary and secondary care learning environments.