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Validating a scale to measure the enjoyment of human rights for medicine interns; Validación de la escala de disfrute de derechos humanos en internos de Medicina

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Introduction: In Mexico, the last two years of medical training are spent in a medical unit of the health system. The penultimate year is known as an undergraduate medical internship, so students are called interns. Studying the right to medical education in medical units is essential to foster respect, so assessment tools are necessary. Then, the objective was to know the validity of the scale for enjoyment of human rights for students during their medical internship (DERIM per the Spanish acronym). Material and methods: The tool to assess the enjoyment of human rights for medical students stems from the need to explore this topic among the medical units by considering teaching-learning processes. Six hundred eighty-two students of the medical internship were sureveyed. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted using the unweighted least squares method with Robust Promin rotation. The reliability of the scores (α coefficient) and the reliability of the construct (ω coefficient) were analyzed. Results: Twenty-six items distributed in two factors were retained: Perceived harm to the enjoyment of human rights and perceived benefits to the enjoyment of human rights. Finally, the reliability of the scores (α > 0.70) and of the construct (ω > 0.80) showed acceptable magnitudes. Conclusion: The DERIM scale can promote the development of human rights among medical interns. This creates favorable conditions for medical care in spaces where educational processes converge with care processes for the benefit of both medical staff and users. © 2023 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.