Australian chiropractic students' perceptions of education: validation of a questionnaire.

Stanley I Innes, Norman Stomski, Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde, Bruce F Walker

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Article in The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Stanley I InnesCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.

Norman StomskiCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.

Charlotte Leboeuf-YdeCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.

Bruce F WalkerCollege of Science, Health, Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, Murdoch, Australia.

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backgroundThis 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.

methodPotential 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.

resultsThirty-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.

conclusionA 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.

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AccreditationagrémentChiropracticchiropratiqueEducationMOTS CLÉS: formationOutcomerésultatsvalidationValidation

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PMID34658389

PMCPMC8480377

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