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A Model for Clinical Evaluation
Author(s) -
Barker Joanna
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
australian occupational therapy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.595
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1440-1630
pISSN - 0045-0766
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1990.tb01268.x
Subject(s) - reliability (semiconductor) , occupational therapy , construct validity , construct (python library) , content validity , psychology , clinical practice , population , validity , measure (data warehouse) , test (biology) , applied psychology , medical physics , medicine , medical education , psychometrics , clinical psychology , nursing , computer science , data mining , psychiatry , paleontology , power (physics) , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , biology , programming language
Clinical practice is an integral part of the training of health professionals, yet many evaluation tools presently used in the health sciences to measure clinical competency do not provide satisfactory validity, reliability, nor an appropriate level of standardisation. This study explored the development of a clinical evaluation model using the principles of measurement theory and psychometric methods. The following four step test construction was used: planning; construction; evaluation; standardisation — reliability, validity. This aimed to provide evaluation tools for a population of 827 occupational therapy students. Although this study had particular reference to occupational therapy, the model of clinical evaluation developed could be readily adapted for use with other clinically‐based health professional students. Results indicated that the tools developed had reliability, content and construct validity for the population under study.