Questionnaire on conceptions about teaching: Factorial structure and reliability in academics of health careers in Chile. Questionnaire on conceptions about teaching.

Objective: To evaluate the factorial structure of the questionnaire on conceptions about teaching in the domain of health careers in Chile. Method: The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted from July 2016 to December 2016 at different cities in Chile, and comprised healthcare academics in Chile. The questionnaire on conceptions about teaching was used for data collection in addition to a socio-demographic proforma. Exploratory factorial analysis of the questionnaire was performed, and the reliability of the factors located was evaluated through Cronbach's alpha. Descriptive analysis of the data was subsequently performed. Results: Of the 312 subjects, 196(63%) were women and 116(37%) were men. The overall mean age was 45.70 +/- 12.04 years (range: 24-73 years). A total of three factors were identified: student as an autonomous learner, professor as a content transmitter, and professor as a trained mediator. These presented reliabilities with Cronbach's alpha between 0.74 and 0.84 and had direct and statistically significant correlations among them (p<0.05). Conclusions: There was psychometric evidence supporting both validity and reliability of the questionnaire on conceptions about teaching.