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Assessing professional perceptions: design and validation of an Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale
R M Luecht1, M K Madsen, M P Taugher
1American College Testing, STAR Department, Iowa City, Iowa 52243.
Journal of Allied Health
|January 1, 1990
Summary
A new Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS) assesses allied health students' professional views and feelings. This validated tool provides data for evaluating interdisciplinary education programs effectively.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Educational Assessment
Background:
- Growth in interdisciplinary allied health programs necessitates advanced assessment methods.
- Traditional performance indicators are insufficient for evaluating professional perceptions and affective domains.
- Need for a validated instrument to measure student perceptions in interdisciplinary health education.
Purpose of the Study:
- To design and validate the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS).
- To provide a tool for assessing professionally oriented perceptions in allied health students.
- To establish normative data for the IEPS across different disciplines.
Main Methods:
- Development of the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS).
- Validation of the IEPS instrument.
- Collection of cross-disciplinary normative data and statistical power estimates.
Main Results:
- Successful design and validation of the IEPS.
- Presentation of scoring procedures for the IEPS.
- Provision of normative data and power estimates for research application.
Conclusions:
- The IEPS is a validated instrument for assessing perceptions in interdisciplinary allied health education.
- The scale can be used in evaluative and research settings for these programs.
- Normative data supports the appropriate application of the IEPS.