. Mandana Shirazi; . Mohammad Shariati; . Nazila Zarghi; . Maryam Karbasi Motlagh
Volume 10, Issue 2 , February 2020, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Assessment interprofessional collaboration (IPC), in community health‑caresetting usually has been neglected due to the lack of standard tools and assessors. In the ...
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INTRODUCTION: Assessment interprofessional collaboration (IPC), in community health‑caresetting usually has been neglected due to the lack of standard tools and assessors. In the presentstudy, the IPC checklist extracted from CANMEDS collaborator toolkit for teaching and assessingthe collaborator role is contextualized in Iranian community healthcare.MATERIALS AND METHODS: According to CANMEDS Toolkit, an instrument extracted for IPCassessment. Using Chavez’ toolkit, face and content validity were studied through two rounds ofDelphi by 12 experts of TUMS. Qualitative content validity including content validity index (CVI),and content validity ratio (CVR) were assessed following watching a standard video about IPC bythem. Construct validity was studied by confirmatory factor analysis through LISREL software. Tocheck reliability, Cronbach’s alpha was calculated, and the other 12 experts completed checklists intest–retest process with a 2‑week interval.RESULTS: Face and qualitative content validity were confirmed using the Delphi method. CVI andCVR were calculated as 0.61 and 0.86. In factor analysis, x2/df and RMSEA were calculated as1.363 and 0.036; CFI, IFI, GFI, and AGFI were >0.7, and hence, the construct validity was confirmed.Cronbach’s alpha was 0.953 for internal consistency. Test–retest was also calculated as 0.918indicated to confirm reliability.CONCLUSION: CANMEDS framework as an assessment tool for evaluating IPC in community healthsetting is not only valid and reliable in the Iranian context but also it is easy to use for respondentsresulted from the rational number of items in community.
