Construct validity test of evaluation tool for professional behaviors of entry-level occupational therapy students in the United States / 보건의료교육평가
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
;
: 22-2016.
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em Inglês
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-145844
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study aimed to test the construct validity of an instrument to measure student professional behaviors in entry-level occupational therapy (OT) students in the academic setting.METHODS:
A total of 718 students from 37 OT programs across the United States answered a self-assessment survey of professional behavior that we developed. The survey consisted of ranking 28 attributes, each on a 5-point Likert scale. A split-sample approach was used for exploratory and then confirmatory factor analysis.RESULTS:
A three-factor solution with nine items was extracted using exploratory factor analysis [EFA] (n=430, 60%). The factors were ‘Commitment to Learning' (2 items), ‘Skills for Learning' (4 items), and ‘Cultural Competence' (3 items). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) on the validation split (n=288, 40%) indicated fair fit for this three-factor model (fit indices CFI=0.96, RMSEA=0.06, and SRMR=0.05). Internal consistency reliability estimates of each factor and the instrument ranged from 0.63 to 0.79.CONCLUSION:
Results of the CFA in a separate validation dataset provided robust measures of goodness-of-fit for the three-factor solution developed in the EFA, and indicated that the three-factor model fitted the data well enough. Therefore, we can conclude that this student professional behavior evaluation instrument is a structurally validated tool to measure professional behaviors reported by entry-level OT students. The internal consistency reliability of each individual factor and the whole instrument was considered to be adequate to good.
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Índice:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Autoavaliação (Psicologia)
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Estados Unidos
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Análise Fatorial
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Terapia Ocupacional
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Conjunto de Dados
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Profissionalismo
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
América do Norte
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
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