PMID- 33275569
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201208
LR  - 20201214
IS  - 0272-9490 (Print)
IS  - 0272-9490 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 6
DP  - 2020 Nov/Dec
TI  - The Revised American Occupational Therapy Association Fieldwork Performance 
      Evaluations: Evaluation of Content Validity-Part 1.
PG  - 7406205090p1-7406205090p13
LID - 10.5014/ajot.2020.044180 [doi]
AB  - IMPORTANCE: Occupational therapy education and practice has changed over time; 
      however, items on the American Occupational Therapy Association's (AOTA's) 
      Fieldwork Performance Evaluations (FWPEs) for the Occupational Therapy Student 
      (OTS) and Occupational Therapy Assistant Student (OTAS) have not been updated in 
      more than two decades. OBJECTIVE: To explore evidence of validity in relation to 
      test content of the revised FWPEs for the OTS and OTAS. DESIGN: A qualitative 
      study using cognitive interviews was conducted to gather perspectives on the 
      revised FWPEs, including updated items and a proposed rating scale. A content 
      analysis approach was used to link patterns in responses to stable, meaningful 
      constructs to further align and refine content of the tool before further 
      validation. SETTING: Fieldwork sites and academic settings. PARTICIPANTS: 
      Eighteen fieldwork educators (FWEs) and academic fieldwork coordinators. RESULTS: 
      Seven areas for refinement were identified: (1) relevance to a variety of 
      practice settings, (2) overlapping and redundant items, (3) long item statements, 
      (4) double- and triple-barreled item statements, (5) alignment between OTS and 
      OTAS items, (6) further alignment with AOTA and Accreditation Council for 
      Occupational Therapy Education documents and contemporary practice, and (7) 
      wording and features of the proposed rating scale. The findings guided revisions 
      of FWPE content. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Cognitive interviewing was a critical 
      step in refining the FWPE items to support content validity. The issues 
      identified may not have been detected using traditional approaches to survey 
      development and therefore were critical in maximizing the validity and usefulness 
      of the final items, which will ultimately benefit fieldwork educators and 
      students. WHAT THIS ARTICLE ADDS: This study resulted in refinements to FWPE 
      items before the next step in the validation process, ultimately improving the 
      final FWPE items. In addition, this article outlines a process that other 
      researchers can use to validate similar tools.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 by the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
FAU - Preissner, Katharine
AU  - Preissner K
AD  - Katharine Preissner, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, is Clinical Professor and Academic 
      Fieldwork Coordinator, Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois 
      Chicago, Chicago; kpreiss@uic.edu.
FAU - Duke, Kathryn Bernice
AU  - Duke KB
AD  - Kathryn Bernice Duke, OTD, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor, Occupational Therapy 
      Department, West Coast University, Los Angeles, California.
FAU - Killian, Catherine
AU  - Killian C
AD  - Catherine Killian, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, is Assistant Professor and Director of 
      Clinical Education, Occupational Therapy Program, Midwestern University, Downers 
      Grove, Illinois.
FAU - Ouyang, Rachel Luangdilok
AU  - Ouyang RL
AD  - Rachel Luangdilok Ouyang, OTD, OTR/L, CDP, is Occupational Therapist, Fox 
      Rehabilitation, Westmont, Illinois.
FAU - Jarek, Eva D
AU  - Jarek ED
AD  - Eva D. Jarek, MS, OTR/L, is Occupational Therapist, Community Physical Therapy, 
      Chicago.
FAU - Kottorp, Anders
AU  - Kottorp A
AD  - Anders Kottorp, PhD, OT Reg, is Professor and Dean, Faculty of Health and 
      Society, Malmo University, Malmo, Sweden.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Occup Ther
JT  - The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the 
      American Occupational Therapy Association
JID - 7705978
SB  - IM
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Occupational Therapy
MH  - Students
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2020/12/05 06:00
MHDA- 2020/12/15 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/04 17:09
PHST- 2020/12/04 17:09 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/12/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.5014/ajot.2020.044180 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Occup Ther. 2020 Nov/Dec;74(6):7406205090p1-7406205090p13. doi: 
      10.5014/ajot.2020.044180.