Research Article

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 GMSPUnstructured activities value

How well were you concentrating5.774.39<0.001
How difficult did you find the activity3.662.47<0.001
Was the activity interesting6.054.14<0.001
Was the activity important to your future5.994.27<0.001
Were you making the best use of your time5.965.11<0.001
Level of challenge of the activity3.752.48<0.001
Your skills in activity5.235.90<0.001
Living up to other’s expectations6.235.59<0.001
Did you feel self-conscious2.351.73<0.001
Was it hard to concentrate3.172.560.005
Was the activity important to you6.485.71<0.001
Did you enjoy what you were doing6.085.36<0.001
Did you want to be doing something else3.173.550.116
Did you expect to get what you want easily4.624.860.194
Were you succeeding at the activity6.066.170.501
Did you feel good about yourself5.615.550.669
Did you feel in control of the situation4.794.990.276
Did you feel tense2.032.070.813
Were you living up to your expectations5.795.760.840

*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.