The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care
The objective of this study was to develop an assessment instrument to measure the effects of a continuing education intervention on 3 domains in pharmacists’ knowledge needed to provide pharmaceutical care for transgender patients: (1) foundations of gender-affirming care, (2) health disparities an...
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doaj-18167d93a56747d3ae790d34be7a19d52020-11-25T03:42:19ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1661-78271660-46012020-10-01177192719210.3390/ijerph17197192The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ CareJonathan Hernández-Agosto0Kyle Melin1Jurynelliz Rosa-Vega2Edgar Carlo-Frontera3Andrés Rodríguez-Ochoa4Darlene Santiago-Quiñones5Curriculum and Institutional Effectiveness Evaluation Division, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USADepartment of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USADepartment of Pharmacutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR 00936, USAThe objective of this study was to develop an assessment instrument to measure the effects of a continuing education intervention on 3 domains in pharmacists’ knowledge needed to provide pharmaceutical care for transgender patients: (1) foundations of gender-affirming care, (2) health disparities and the specific needs of transgender patients, and (3) hormone treatments for transgender patients. Multiple-choice questions were developed, and an initial item bank of 47 items was drafted. Item bank revision was conducted by content matter experts, while feedback from 8 practicing pharmacists was provided for face validity and further insights. A preliminary test, containing 42 items was administered to 64 pharmacists before and after a three-hour continuing education intervention. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient yielded a value of 0.65 as a pre-test and 0.77 as a post-test. Items were less difficult to answer by participants after taking the three-hour continuing education, showing better discrimination among high and low performers in the instrument administration as post-test, as well as better correlation when comparing participants’ performance in the overall score against item-level performance. Psychometric evidence supports further instrument examination, which can improve this tool to measure gains in pharmacists’ knowledge related to the care of transgender patients.https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7192transgendertransgender carepharmacy educationcontinuing educationtest validation |
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The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care |
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The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care |
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The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care |
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The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care |
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The Development of a Knowledge Test on Transgender Patients’ Care |
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development of a knowledge test on transgender patients’ care |
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MDPI AG |
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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1661-7827 1660-4601 |
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The objective of this study was to develop an assessment instrument to measure the effects of a continuing education intervention on 3 domains in pharmacists’ knowledge needed to provide pharmaceutical care for transgender patients: (1) foundations of gender-affirming care, (2) health disparities and the specific needs of transgender patients, and (3) hormone treatments for transgender patients. Multiple-choice questions were developed, and an initial item bank of 47 items was drafted. Item bank revision was conducted by content matter experts, while feedback from 8 practicing pharmacists was provided for face validity and further insights. A preliminary test, containing 42 items was administered to 64 pharmacists before and after a three-hour continuing education intervention. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient yielded a value of 0.65 as a pre-test and 0.77 as a post-test. Items were less difficult to answer by participants after taking the three-hour continuing education, showing better discrimination among high and low performers in the instrument administration as post-test, as well as better correlation when comparing participants’ performance in the overall score against item-level performance. Psychometric evidence supports further instrument examination, which can improve this tool to measure gains in pharmacists’ knowledge related to the care of transgender patients. |
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transgender transgender care pharmacy education continuing education test validation |
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