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Assessment of general practice consultations: content validity of a rating scale
Author(s) -
HAYS R. B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02508.x
Subject(s) - rating scale , scale (ratio) , general practice , psychology , content validity , medical education , clinical practice , applied psychology , psychometrics , medicine , nursing , clinical psychology , family medicine , developmental psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary:Summary. A rating scale for assessing clinical performance of trainee general practitioners was constructed based on a contemporary definition of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for competent general practice in Australia. The purpose of the rating scale is the provision of feedback to the trainee by both self‐evaluation and evaluation by training supervisors. As part of a wider study into the use of videotaped genuine general practice consultations for teaching purposes, the content validity of the scale was examined by comparing the scale data with an open‐ended rating form. The comparison resulted in six suggestions which might improve the precision of the instrument, and produce a compact practical scale suitable for the evaluation of general practice consultation.