摘要：Introduction The availability of instruments for the evaluation of academic quality of clinical clerkships for undergraduates in Spanish language is limited. The aim of this study was to determine the construct validity and the internal consistency an instrument designed for this purpose. Methods The ROTA-Q instrument was developed following a literature review and the evaluation of an expert panel to assess its content validity. Subsequently, the ROTA-Q was administered to 453 medical students. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA), with oblique rotation, was conducted on the first 253 observations. Next, a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed on the remaining 200 observations. The reliability was determined by using the Cronbach α. Results The factorial solution during the EFA identified three factors named: ‘structure of rotation’, ‘interaction in the learning environment’ and ‘teaching of clinical skills’. The CFA demonstrated adequate goodness of fit against the empirical data. The Cronbach α for ROTA-Q was .95. Conclusions The ROTA-Q is a valid and reliable instrument for the evaluation of the quality of clinical clerkships in undergraduates. Further studies are necessary to assess the ROTA-Q performance in other contexts, as well as to correlate the ROTA-Q scores with the student's performance.
