Critical Synthesis Package: Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration

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OPEN ACCESSDecember 2, 2013Critical Synthesis Package: Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration Angela Wetzel, PhD Angela Wetzel, PhD Virginia Commonwealth University Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9631 SectionsAbout ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail AbstractThis Critical Synthesis Package contains: (1) a Critical Analysis of the psychometric properties and application to health sciences education for the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (JSAPNC), and (2) a copy of the JSAPNC and the Scoring Guide developed by Mohammadreza Hojat, PhD.The JSAPNC measures both nurse and physician attitudes toward physician-nurse professional collaboration. Fifteen items are distributed across four domains: Shared Education and Collaborative Relationships, Caring as Opposed to Curing, Nurse's Autonomy, and Physician's Authority. All domains are self-assessed by the participant along a four-point Likert-type scale. Reliability and validity evidence of the JSAPNC, applied extensively in both nursing and medical education, and practice, indicate moderate to high internal consistency and suggest sensitivity of the measure to differences in attitudes between nurses and physicians. Further investigations on the use of the JSAPNC in longitudinal and repeated measure designs is recommended to better understand its utility as a program evaluation outcome measure and its relationship to objective patient care outcomes. Although some methodological limitations exist, investigators consistently report moderate-to high- total-scale reliability, and validity is further supported by clear connections between items and the literature. Finally, several investigators mentioned a potential ceiling effect for the JSAPNC as many physicians, nurses, and students in training reported high initial attitudes, limiting the potential to demonstrate practically significant improvements over time. It may be necessary to revise the questionnaire to include a greater range of response for this instrument to be effectively applied in longitudinal or repeated measure research designs. Educational Objectives To describe the purpose and basic properties of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration (JSAPNC), including number of items and scales, and psychometric properties;To describe the application of the JSAPNC to the field of health sciences education;To evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of the JSAPNC; andTo provide the JSAPNC and supplemental materials to aid in its administration. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: Critical Analysis of the Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration.pdf Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physcian-Nurse Collaboration Instrument.doc Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration Scoring Guide.docx To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. CitationWetzel A. Critical Synthesis Package: Jefferson Scale of Attitudes Toward Physician-Nurse Collaboration. MedEdPORTAL. 2013;9:9631. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9631 Copyright & Permissions© 2013 Wetzel. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives license.KeywordsAttitudeInterprofessional CollaborationDirectory and Repository of Educational Assessment MeasuresInterprofessional EducationDREAMInterprofessional RelationsAttitudes & BeliefsIPE Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Loading ...