Australian chiropractic students' perceptions of education: validation of a questionnaire.
Background: This study aimed to validate a questionnaire to address an absence of a measure to evaluate Australian chiropractic students' perceptions of the quality of chiropractic programs. Method: Potential relevant questionnaire items were selected from the Australian chiropractic accreditation s...
| Publicado en: | Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 174 - 186 |
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Canadian Chiropractic Association
Aug2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=152551824&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 152551824 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00083194 7ZI jtl: Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association issn: 00083194 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2021 vid: 65 iid: 2 pid: 8889 pub: Canadian Chiropractic Association place: Toronto, Ontario artinfo: ui: 152551824 152551824 152551824 152551824 ppf: 174 ppct: 12 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Australian chiropractic students' perceptions of education: validation of a questionnaire. aug: au: Innes, Stanley I. Stomski, Norman Leboeuf-Yde, Charlotte Walker, Bruce F. affil: College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia sug: subj: Students, Chiropractic Australia Student Attitudes Evaluation Education, Chiropractic Instrument Validation Questionnaires Evaluation Course Evaluation Human Australia Accreditation Validation Studies Intraclass Correlation Coefficient Internal Consistency Coefficient alpha Data Analysis Software Test-Retest Reliability Confidence Intervals ab: Background: This study aimed to validate a questionnaire to address an absence of a measure to evaluate Australian chiropractic students' perceptions of the quality of chiropractic programs. Method: Potential relevant questionnaire items were selected from the Australian chiropractic accreditation standards. Chiropractic students rated these items for clarity and relevance, which resulted in a pilot questionnaire of 47 items. Principal components analysis was used to establish the structure of the scales. Finally, intra-class correlation coefficients were used to establish the scales' test-retest reliability. Results: Thirty-four items were omitted resulting in the retention of 13 items that strongly loaded onto five factors. Internal consistency was adequate. The test-retest reliability ranged from adequate to good for four of the derived factors. The fifth was poor and omitted. Conclusion: A valid questionnaire for assessing Australian chiropractic programs has been developed comprising four scales that enquire about: 1) quality of the educational program; 2) provision of student support services; 3) enablement of independent learning; and 4) adequacy of teaching resources. Contexte : Cette étude visait à valider un questionnaire destiné à combler le manque d'outils pour connaître l'opinion d'étudiants australiens en chiropratique de la qualité des programmes d'études. Méthodologie : Des points, éventuellement pertinents, ont été choisis en fonction des normes australiennes d'agrément en chiropratique. Des étudiants ont évalué leur clarté et leur pertinence; un questionnaire pilote comprenant 47 questions a été établi. Les points principaux ont servi à établir la structure des échelles. Des coefficients de corrélation interclasses ont servi à établir la fiabilité du test-retest des échelles. Résultats : Trente-quatre points ont été rejetés; on en a conservé 13 portant surtout sur cinq facteurs. La cohérence interne était suffisante. La fiabilité du test-retest allait d'adéquate à bonne pour quatre des facteurs dérivés. Le degré de fiabilité du cinquième était faible et celui-ci a été omis. Conclusion : On a élaboré un questionnaire utile servant à évaluer des programmes d'études en chiropratique offerts en Australie. Quatre échelles ont servi à sonder les étudiants sur 1) la qualité des programmes de formation; 2) les services d'aide aux étudiants; 3) l'enseignement individualisé; et 4) la suffisance des ressources pédagogiques offerte. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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