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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Education
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Clinical Skills Assessment

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  • Need for validated, user-friendly tools to assess interprofessional team competencies in clinical settings.
  • The Modified McMaster-Ottawa scale (7 items) was developed for Team Objective Structured Clinical Encounters (TOSCE).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To enhance scale usability by reducing items while preserving generalizability.
  • To determine the minimum number of observed cases for reliable feedback.

Main Methods:

  • Administered a two-station TOSCE to 63 students in 16 interprofessional teams.
  • Utilized generalizability (G) theory and principal component analysis (PCA) to analyze performance scores.
  • Trained faculty to rate student teams' performance.

Main Results:

  • The 7-item scale showed modest generalizability (.75) for individual scores.
  • Reducing to a 4-item scale (Collaboration, Roles, Patient-centeredness, Conflict Management) yielded generalizability of .73.
  • Two cases provided reasonable generalizability (.73) for individual assessment, revealing a learning curve.
  • Team scores showed low generalizability with both 4-item (.53) and 7-item (.55) scales.

Conclusions:

  • The 4-item Modified McMaster-Ottawa scale maintains generalizability and validity for assessing individual performance in interprofessional teams.
  • Observing students with two patients offers reliable ratings for feedback.
  • The 4-item scale is suitable for evaluating individual skills and the impact of interprofessional education (IPE) in clinical practice.