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Developing conceptually sound items for a clinical courage questionnaire
Robert Brooks1, Isabella A White2, Lucie Walters3
1Department of Rural Health, Broken Hill University, Broken Hill, NSW 2880, Australia robert.brooks@sydney.edu.au.
Introduction:
Clinical courage can be described as a rural doctor's adaptability and willingness to undertake clinical work at the limits of their training and experience to meet the needs of their patients. This article describes the in-house development of survey items to include in a quantitative measure of clinical courage.
Methods:
The questionnaire development involved two key concepts: a second-order latent factor model structure and a nominal group technique, used to develop consensus among the research team members.
Results:
The steps taken to develop a sound clinical courage questionnaire are described in detail. The resulting initial questionnaire is presented, ready for testing with rural clinicians and refinement.
Conclusion:
This article outlines the psychometric process of questionnaire design and presents the resultant clinical courage questionnaire.
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