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Memoona Hasnain1,2, Valerie Gruss3, Mary Keehn4
1a Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine , University of Illinois at Chicago , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
Journal of Interprofessional Care
|January 28, 2017
Summary
A new tool, the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency Self Efficacy Tool (IPECC-SET), effectively measures health professions students' confidence in interprofessional collaborative practice. This validated instrument aids in assessing essential collaborative skills.
Area of Science:
- Health Professions Education
- Interprofessional Collaboration
- Psychometrics
Background:
- Interprofessional education and collaborative practice are increasingly recognized but lack robust assessment tools.
- Existing methods for evaluating interprofessional collaborative competencies are underdeveloped.
- A validated instrument is needed to measure health professions students' self-efficacy in this area.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop and validate a new instrument measuring health professions students' self-efficacy in interprofessional collaborative competency.
- To assess the psychometric properties of the developed tool, the IPECC-SET.
Main Methods:
- Developed the Interprofessional Education Collaborative Competency Self Efficacy Tool (IPECC-SET) based on IPEC Core Competencies.
- Administered the IPECC-SET to 660 students across 11 health programs at a Midwest US university.
- Utilized Rasch analysis to evaluate instrument functioning, item fit, validity, reliability, and differential item functioning (DIF).
Main Results:
- After removing seven items, each subscale demonstrated high internal validity.
- The IPECC-SET showed good psychometric properties, with two items exhibiting DIF for gender and none for race/ethnicity.
- Rasch analysis confirmed the instrument's suitability for measuring self-efficacy in interprofessional collaborative practice.
Conclusions:
- The IPECC-SET provides initial evidence of validity and reliability for assessing health professions students' self-efficacy in interprofessional collaborative competencies.
- The findings support the use of IPECC-SET in educational settings.
- Further research is recommended to establish the instrument's external validity across diverse institutions.
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