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Objectives: One of the problems in the process of assessment and evaluation, especially of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines, is the lack of an instrument with objective criteria for evaluation. Considering the effects of appropriate evaluation on quality assurance of clinical training, the aim of the present study was to design a valid and reliable tool for general evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines.
Methods: This study was a methodological research. Initially by literature review and also by holding a focus group discussion with professors of clinical training of rehabilitation disciplines who were recruited by convenient purposive sampling, the main indicators for evaluation of clinical education in those fields were determined. Then, after classification of the indicators and first evaluation tool was developed. The face validity and content validity of the tool were determined with the Lawasche's method and its reliability was determined with the test- retest method and Cronbakh's alpha coefficient in SPSS-19.
Results: Content analysis of the focus group discussion resulted in 57 indices, classified in 5 categories (including: the educator, the Trainees, Administration of clinical training, field of clinical training and Evaluation of clinical training). Finally, the final tool was adjusted in two separate questionnaires. The correlation coefficient for the questionnaire of the clinical educators was 0.9, its Cronbakh's alpha coefficient was 0.88 and its content validity coefficient was 0.84. The correlation coefficient for the questionnaire of the students, was 0.7, its Cronbakh's alpha was 0.92 and its content validity coefficient was 0.81.
Discussion: The tool designed for the evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines has appropriate and acceptable validity and reliability.
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Original Article Validity and reliability of General Evaluation Tool for Clinical Training in Rehabilitation disciplines Roshanak Vameghi; Azam Seyyedi; Narges Adibsereshki; Kianoush Abdi* Pediatric Neurorehabilitation Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Objectives: One of the problems in the process of assessment and evaluation, especially the evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines, is the lack of an appropriate instrument for this purpose.
Considering the effects of appropriate evaluation on quality assurance of clinical training, the aim of the present study was to design a valid and reliable tool for general evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines.
Results: Content analysis of the focus group discussion (FGD) resulted in determining 57 indices which were classified in 5 categories (including: the educator or trainer, the Trainees (students in these disciplines), administration of clinical training, fields of training and evaluation of clinical training).
Discussion: The designed tool for the evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines indicated acceptable validity and reliability and is appropriate for the assessment of trainings.
The population of the study for determining the reliability of the questionnaires from the students and mentors viewpoints, included of: 1) Students in semester 6 and higher of orthopedics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy majors, 2) Clinical training instructors from University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences teaching centers and the Faculty of Rehabilitation school of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Results of other studies have added scopes such as mentor, goals and educational planning, environment, student, monitoring and evaluation in the design of the questionnaire in order to assess clinical training (10,11).