Developing a valid and reliable assessment of knowledge translation (KT) for continuing professional development program of health professionals

Knowledge Translation (KT) is expected to be a critical learning outcome of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. It continues to serve as an area of interest among educators and healthcare providers due to its importance to evidence-based practice. This study endeavored to develop a...

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Published in:PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) CA), 2018-08, Vol.6, p.e5323-e5323, Article e5323
Main Authors: Ong, Irvin L, Diño, Michael Joseph S, Calimag, Maria Minerva P, Hidalgo, Fe A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
Continuing education
Continuing professional development
Decision making
Education
Evidence-based nursing
Health professionals
Knowledge
Knowledge translation
Learning
Learning assessment
Medical personnel
Medical research
Professional development
Professionals
Professions
Public health
Researchers
Science
Science and Medical Education
Tool development
Translation
Validity testing
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Summary:Knowledge Translation (KT) is expected to be a critical learning outcome of a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program. It continues to serve as an area of interest among educators and healthcare providers due to its importance to evidence-based practice. This study endeavored to develop a valid and reliable KT learning assessment tool in CPD. The Inventory of Reflective Vignettes (IRV), an innovative approach of integrating research vignettes, was utilized in crafting the 20-item IRV-KT tool. This instrument includes knowledge creation and action as essential KT constructs. KT competency was assessed in three segments (i.e., before and after CPD event and if in a lecture) using a one-group post-posttest pre-experimental design. Health professionals who successfully completed a CPD program on a knowledge translation topic were asked to complete the IRV-KT during the pilot study (  = 10) and actual implementation (  = 45). Responses were subjected to Cronbach's reliability and criterion-validity testing. The initial test of the IRV-KT tool demonstrated a high internal reliability (  = 0.97) and most items yielded acceptable validity scores. During the actual implementation, a higher reliability score of 0.98 was generated with significant correlations between the before-after segments for both KT constructs of creation (  = 0.33,  
ISSN:2167-8359
2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.5323