SBAR-LA: SBAR Brief Assessment Rubric for Learner Assessment.

Area of Science:

• Healthcare communication
• Medical education
• Patient safety

Background:

• Structured communication tools improve information transfer and patient safety.
• Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (SBAR) is a key communication tool.
• A need exists for tools to measure SBAR effectiveness.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop and validate an assessment tool for SBAR communication effectiveness.
• To create a reliable instrument for evaluating prepractice health professions students' SBAR skills.

Main Methods:

• Developed the SBAR Brief Assessment Rubric for Learner Assessment (SBAR-LA) based on the SBAR framework.
• Refined the rubric using video recordings of simulated communication scenarios.
• Assessed interrater reliability using a subset of student performances.

Main Results:

• The 10-item SBAR-LA was created from 20 videos.
• Interrater reliability was 0.672.
• Eight items showed good or fair Fleiss' kappa scores.

Conclusions:

• The SBAR-LA is a valid and reliable scoring rubric for teaching SBAR communication.
• The instrument effectively assesses student performance in communication skills.
• Further validation in simulation and clinical settings is recommended.