Assessing the Reliability of a Geriatric Knowledge Tool for Graduating Healthcare Providers

Presentation Type

Oral and/or Visual Presentation

Presenter Major(s)

Physician Assistant Studies

Mentor Information

Theresa Bacon-Baguley, bacon-bt@gvsu.edu; Andrew Booth, bootha@gvsu.edu; Neal Rogness, rognessn@gvsu.edu; Lisa Woolsey, woolseyl@gvsu.edu

Department

Physician Assistant Studies, Statistics

Location

Kirkhof Center 2216

Start Date

13-4-2011 11:30 AM

End Date

13-4-2011 12:00 PM

Keywords

Health and Wellness, Health, Illness, and Healing

Abstract

More than 28 million United States Baby Boomers will begin turning age 65 in 2011. Still, there is not a universal instrument available to reliably measure the geriatric knowledge of direct care providers. The purpose of this pilot study is to aid in the development of a reliable and valid tool which measures the geriatric knowledge base of graduating healthcare providers. Item-analysis was performed on a multiple-choice tool to identify potential questions in need of modification and responses were analyzed to determine Cronbach alpha as a measure of the tool's reliability. Results will be shared for various subgroups of interest.

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Assessing the Reliability of a Geriatric Knowledge Tool for Graduating Healthcare Providers

Kirkhof Center 2216

More than 28 million United States Baby Boomers will begin turning age 65 in 2011. Still, there is not a universal instrument available to reliably measure the geriatric knowledge of direct care providers. The purpose of this pilot study is to aid in the development of a reliable and valid tool which measures the geriatric knowledge base of graduating healthcare providers. Item-analysis was performed on a multiple-choice tool to identify potential questions in need of modification and responses were analyzed to determine Cronbach alpha as a measure of the tool's reliability. Results will be shared for various subgroups of interest.