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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to assess reliability and validity of the adapted “Attitudes Toward Health Care Teams Scale (ATHCTS)” with graduate professional students. Data using a cross-sectional design were collected from 288 graduate students who were enrolled at an urban professional university in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was run and it was found that a two-factor ATHCTS better represented the sample. Further, it provided evidence that the two-factor model is valid, and the quality of care and time constraint subscales are reliable. This study suggested that the two-factor model should be tested with different populations, such as undergraduate students, health care professionals and persons at other training programs. The ATHCTS can be used as an assessment tool to evaluate the effectiveness of educational or training programs designed to improve the attitude of graduate students toward interprofessional teamwork.
Acknowledgements
This study was based on the Interprofessional Students Interdisciplinary Survey. The authors thank Marie Bailey-Kloch, Jungyai Ko, Sang Jung Lee, Juidth Leicht, Stacey Shipe, and Allison West for the Development of this research project, data collection, and comments. We also thank Drs. Llewellyn Cornelius, Donna Harrington, and Bethany Lee for their generous support and critical reviews.