Journal Article

Determining Content Validity and Reporting a Content Validity Index for Simulation Scenarios

Rutherford-Hemming, Tonya

2015

Overview

This article aims to assist educators and researchers in determining content validity (CV) and reporting a content validity index (CVI) for simulation scenarios. Educators and researchers involved in health care curricula may not recognize the need to validate and/or do not know how to validate a simulation scenario. Two methods based on previous research that can be used to determine CV and report a CVI are discussed (Lynn and Lawshe). Simulation scenarios need to be written so experts can fully understand the entirety of content and accurately assess whether items are relevant. Information for a CV template for experts is provided. Determining item CV and reporting an overall CVI are important elements necessary to simulation scenarios, especially when the scenario is used in a high-stakes assessment or research.

• Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc
• Subject: Analysis / Content Validity / Curricula / Curriculum / Education, Nursing - methods / Educational evaluation / Experts / Feedback / Formative Evaluation / Guidelines as Topic / High Stakes Tests / Humans / Licensing Examinations (Professions) / Measurement Techniques / Medical research / Merit Pay / Nursing Education / Nursing Education Research / Objectives / Patient Simulation / Psychometrics / Rating Scales / Reproducibility of Results / Researchers / Simulation / Studies / Summative Evaluation / Surveys and Questionnaires / Teachers / Teaching Methods / Validity