Measuring the outcomes of volunteering for education: development and pilot of a tool to assess healthcare professionals' personal and professional development from international volunteering.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The development and pilot of a self-report questionnaire, to assess personal and professional development of healthcare professionals gained through experiences in low-income and middle-income countries.

Design

The instrument was developed from a core set of the outcomes of international placements for UK healthcare professionals. Principal component analysis and multidimensional item response theory were conducted using results of a cross-sectional pilot study to highlight items with the best psychometric properties.

Setting

Questionnaires were completed both online and in multiple UK healthcare professional events face-to-face.

Participants

436 healthcare professional participants from the UK (with and without international experience) completed a 1

SUBMITTER: Tyler N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661697 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature