Development and validation of the interpersonal communication assessment tool for assessing the interpersonal communication skills of public health midwives.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interpersonal Communication Skills (IPCS) are one of the core clinical skills that should be developed by the Public Health Midwives (PHMs), who are grass-root level public healthcare providers in primary healthcare settings in Sri Lanka. This study aimed to develop and validate the Interpersonal Communication Assessment Tool (IPCAT), an observational rating scale, to assess the IPCS of PHMs.

Methods

Item generation, item reduction, instrument drafting, and development of the tool's rating guide were made by an expert panel. A cross-sectional study was conducted in five randomly selected Medical Officer of Health (MOH) areas, the smallest public health administrative division in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, to identify the factor structure, which is the cor

SUBMITTER: Prasanna SAS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10210319 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature