To IPAS or not to IPAS? Examining the construct validity of the Interprofessional Attitudes Scale in Hong Kong

Ganotice, F.A.; Chow, A.Yin.Man.; Fan, K.Kai.Hin.; Khoo, U.Soon.; Lam, M.Pui.San.; Poon, R.Po.Wah.; Tsoi, F.Hang.Sang.; Wang, M.Ning.; Tipoe, G.L.

Journal of Interprofessional Care 2021: 1-8

2021


ISSN/ISBN: 1356-1820
PMID: 33620020
DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2020.1869705
Document Number: 248309
Students' attitudes toward interprofessional teamwork can be linked to successful interprofessional education. This points to the importance of identifying a scale that may be useful in keeping track of the change in students' attitudes over time. In response to this, using a combination of within- and between-network approaches to construct validity, we examined the psychometric acceptability of the Interprofessional Attitude Scale (IPAS) involving 274 Chinese healthcare and social care pre-licensure students in Hong Kong. Overall results indicated that IPAS had good internal consistency. Results of the confirmatory factor analysis provided support to the overall five-factor solution although one negatively worded item obtained non-significant factor loading. Results of the between-network analysis suggest that various subscales of IPAS correlated systematically with other theoretically relevant variables: teamwork attitudes, communication, and team effectiveness. The IPAS is a valid measure to examine predominantly Chinese healthcare and social care students' interprofessional attitudes in online interprofessional education.

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