衡量呼吸治疗师的学术实践:一个学术实践工具的开发和初步验证
Marco Zaccagnini1, André Bussières, Peter Nugus
1Dr. Zaccagnini: Graduated doctoral student, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. Canada, and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Dr. Bussières: Professor, Département chiropratique, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Québec, and School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. Canada, and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Dr. Nugus: Associate Professor, Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, and Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Dr. West: Chief Executive Officer, The Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Dr. Thomas: Associate Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. Canada, and Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada, and Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Montréal, Québec. Canada.
开发了一个新的18项工具来衡量呼吸治疗师 (RTs) 的学术实践. 这种经过验证的工具可以增强医疗保健领域的自我反思和专业发展.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健专业发展
- 呼吸疗法教育 呼吸疗法教育
- 在健康科学中的测量.
背景情况:
- 学术实践对于呼吸治疗师来说至关重要,以满足公共卫生需求并提高患者护理.
- 尽管学术实践对职业赋权和满意度的重要性很大,但很少被衡量.
- 这项研究旨在开发和验证一个工具,以评估RTs之间的学术实践.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种工具来衡量呼吸治疗师的学术实践.
- 试验该工具并收集其有效性的初步证据.
- 提供一个可靠的工具来评估和潜在地改善RTs的学术活动.
主要方法:
- 该研究采用了DeVellis的九步规模开发过程和探索性因子分析.
- 从范围审查和定性研究中生成了一个项目库,然后与81个RT进行试点测试.
- 通过探索性因子分析,使用了832个RT的更大样本进行最终测试和分析.
主要成果:
- 开发了一个18项规模,包括4个因素:专业发展/可信度,支持要素,感知影响和从业者的身份/能力.
- 这些因素解释了学术实践中56.7%的差异.
- 该尺度表现出适当的内部一致性,总的克伦巴赫α为0.879.
结论:
- 初步的有效性证据支持使用这个18项工具来衡量RT的学术实践.
- 该工具可以促进专业人士之间的自我反思和基于同行的反思.
- 建议进行进一步的研究,包括确认因素分析和在其他卫生专业中的应用,以加强有效性证据.
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