A Pilot Study of Real-Time Experience Sampling Method to Evaluate Student Engagement in a Global Health Rotation
Table 2
Effect of GMSP on student perceptions of activity.
Item (Likert type)
Structured GMSP
Unstructured activities
value
How well were you concentrating
5.77
4.39
<0.001
How difficult did you find the activity
3.66
2.47
<0.001
Was the activity interesting
6.05
4.14
<0.001
Was the activity important to your future
5.99
4.27
<0.001
Were you making the best use of your time
5.96
5.11
<0.001
Level of challenge of the activity
3.75
2.48
<0.001
Your skills in activity
5.23
5.90
<0.001
Living up to other’s expectations
6.23
5.59
<0.001
Did you feel self-conscious
2.35
1.73
<0.001
Was it hard to concentrate
3.17
2.56
0.005
Was the activity important to you
6.48
5.71
<0.001
Did you enjoy what you were doing
6.08
5.36
<0.001
Did you want to be doing something else
3.17
3.55
0.116
Did you expect to get what you want easily
4.62
4.86
0.194
Were you succeeding at the activity
6.06
6.17
0.501
Did you feel good about yourself
5.61
5.55
0.669
Did you feel in control of the situation
4.79
4.99
0.276
Did you feel tense
2.03
2.07
0.813
Were you living up to your expectations
5.79
5.76
0.840
*Adjusted estimates from fixed effects linear regressions testing effect of being in GMSP activity on outcome of interest, adjusting for day of week, ESM period, and within-subject person effect. Because of multiple comparisons, after Bonferroni correction, a value ≤ 0.0016 was considered statistically significant.