Measuring interprofessional facilitation skills: An Indonesian validation study of the IPFS
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https://doi.org/10.22437/proca.v1i2.50320Keywords:
Interprofessional Education, IPFS, Facilitation Skills, Cross-cultural adaptation, Psychometric validationAbstract
Background: The effectiveness of Interprofessional Education (IPE) is highly dependent on the facilitator's skill in managing collaborative group dynamics. The Interprofessional Facilitation Scale (IPFS) is an established 15-item instrument developed to measure these specific competencies, but its use in the Indonesian educational and cultural context requires rigorous cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation to ensure the instrument’s measurement equivalence and interpretability. Objective: This study aimed to adapt the IPFS into Indonesian, establish its psychometric properties (validity, reliability, and factor structure), and validate it for use in assessing IPE facilitator competence in Indonesia. Methods: Following the adaptation guidelines, the IPFS was translated and subjected to expert review. The final Indonesian version was administered to a large sample of 760 IPE facilitators, with ratings provided by IPE-participating students. Data analysis was conducted using Item-Total Correlation, Omega McDonalds (w) for reliability, and Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) using Maximum Likelihood extraction for construct validity. Results: The Indonesian IPFS demonstrated exceptional internal consistency, with an overall w of 0.976. All item-total correlations were strong, ranging from 0.809 to 0.879. The EFA confirmed the data's suitability (KMO = 0.976, Bartlett’s Test of sphericity p< 0.001). The analysis extracted a single, highly dominant factor (Eigenvalue = 11.297), which accounted for 73.556% of the total variance. All items loaded strongly onto this single factor (ranging from 0.816 to 0.892). Conclusion: The Indonesian version of the IPFS is confirmed as a psychometrically sound, highly reliable, and valid instrument. Contrary to the original theoretical model, the scale functions as a uni-dimensional measure of overall IPE facilitation competence in the Indonesian context. This validated tool is a crucial resource for standardizing assessment, guiding faculty development, and enhancing IPE quality assurance in local institutions.
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