Creating a data analysis plan for the communication and teamwork skills assessment tool to measure the impact of high fidelity interprofessional education

Brake, Matthew (2018) Creating a data analysis plan for the communication and teamwork skills assessment tool to measure the impact of high fidelity interprofessional education. Practicum Report. Memorial University of Newfoundland. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

Background: The impact of high fidelity interprofessional education (HF-IPE) on fostering teamwork and communication among undergraduate nursing, medicine, and pharmacy students has not been well established. The Communication and Teamwork Skills (CATS) assessment tool is one research instrument that could be used to measure the impact of HF-IPE on teamwork in undergraduate health sciences students. Purpose: The purpose of this research practicum project was to demonstrate advanced nursing competencies by participating in the data analysis phase of the research process and developing a data analysis plan for the CATS. Methods: Four methods were used to accomplish the purpose of the practicum including: conducting a comprehensive literature review; consulting with a statistician and a nurse researcher; developing the data analysis plan with SPSS codebooks, and testing the plan using a fictitious data set. Results: The data analysis plan developed for this practicum project was implemented successfully to analyze, summarize, interpret and display fictitious quantitative data from the CATS. The Paired t-test was selected as an appropriate statistical measure to determine differences between groups’ mean scores. Methods to organize, analyze and visually display the data are recommended including a high and low closed chart, bar graphs, and tables. Conclusion: This practicum project demonstrated the achievement of advanced nursing competencies by developing a data analysis plan that could be used to guide the analysis of the quantitative data collected using the CATS assessment tool.

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