Measuring health professions students' orientation toward lifelong learning.

Objective: Lifelong learning is considered to be an element of professionalism for healthcare professionals. Accreditation standards for health professions educational programs require that lifelong learning be promoted in the curriculae; however, tools to assess whether these standards are met are sparse. This study evaluated the internal structure of student responses on a transdisciplinary adaptation of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Lifelong Learning-Medical Students Version (JeffSPLL-MS).