Developing the Occupational Therapy-Specific Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) for Evaluating Interns' Clinical Skills and Attitudes in Pediatric Occupational Therapy

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IMPORTANCE: The Mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercise (Mini-CEX) is highly recommended for assessing interns' performance.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a pediatric occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX and examine its psychometrics.

DESIGN: Stage 1 had a retrospective design; Stage 2 had a prospective design.

SETTING: Pediatric occupational therapy unit in a hospital in Taiwan.

PARTICIPANTS: Thirty-four occupational therapy interns were evaluated with the Mini-CEX (physician version), and 57 were evaluated with the occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX.

OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX was developed with seven items on a 9-point scale categorized into three levels (unsatisfactory, satisfactory, highly satisfactory).

RESULTS: In Stage 1, the frequency of Mini-CEX (physician version) items receiving a rating of not applicable ranged from 1.9% to 88.1%. In Stage 2, the frequency of occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX items receiving a rating of not applicable ranged from 3.5% to 31.6%. With the theme of evaluation taken into consideration, the frequency of not-applicable ratings was 0% to 8.8%. For the occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX, content validity (item-level content validity index = 1, scale-level content validity index = 1) and internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .93) were excellent. The interns' scores on the second evaluation were significantly higher than those on their first evaluation, indicating good discriminant validity.

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX appears to be reliable and valid, and it is appropriate for evaluating interns' skills and attitudes in pediatric occupational therapy practice. What This Article Adds: The results support the development of the occupational therapy-specific Mini-CEX and its application in pediatric internship training.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

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The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association - 76(2022), 5 vom: 01. Sept.

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Chung-Pei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yu-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Kuo, Nung-Chen [VerfasserIn]
Su, Chia-Ting [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Ching-Kai [VerfasserIn]
Li, Ming-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Hsin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Chien-Lun [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Wan-Ying [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 02.08.2022

Date Revised 02.08.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.5014/ajot.2022.049319

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NLM344242196