Validity and reliability of General Evaluation Tool for ClinicalTraining in Rehabilitation disciplines

Objectives: one of the problems in the process of assessment and evaluation, especially the evaluation ofclinical training in rehabilitation disciplines, is the lack of an appropriate instrument for this purpose.considering the effects of appropriate evaluation on quality assurance of clinical training, the aim of thepresent study was to design a valid and reliable tool for general evaluation of clinical training inrehabilitation disciplines.methods: this study was carried out initially by literature review and then by holding a focus groupdiscussion with the trainers and mentors of rehabilitation clinics whom were recruited by convenientpurposive sampling. the main indicators for evaluation of training in these fields were determined. afterclassification of the indicators, evaluation tool was developed. the face validity and content validity ofthe tool were determined with the lawasche's method. the reliability was determined with the test- retestmethod and cronbakh's alpha coefficient.results: content analysis of the focus group discussion (fgd) resulted in determining 57 indices whichwere classified in 5 categories (including: the educator or trainer, the trainees (students in thesedisciplines), administration of clinical training, fields of training and evaluation of clinical training). thefinal tool was adjusted in two separate questionnaires. the correlation coefficient for the questionnaire ofthe clinical trainers was 0.9, its cronbakh's alpha coefficient was 0.88 and its content validity coefficientwas 0.84. the correlation coefficient for the questionnaire of the students was 0.7, its cronbakh's alphawas 0.92 and its content validity coefficient was 0.81.discussion: the designed tool for the evaluation of clinical training in rehabilitation disciplines indicatedacceptable validity and reliability and is appropriate for the assessment of trainings.