Development and validation of teacher and student questionnaires measuring inhibitors of curriculum viability

Abstract Background Curriculum viability is determined by the degree to which quality standards have or not been met, and inhibitors that affect attainment of those standards. The literature reports many ways evaluate whether a curriculum reaches its standards, but less attention paid identification in different areas hamper quality. purpose this study develop establish reliability validity questionnaires measure presence an undergraduate medical curriculum. Methods Teacher student developed authors were sent educationalists for qualitative expert validation their content validity. To response process validity, cognitive interviews held with teachers students clarify any confusion about meaning items questionnaires. Reliability construct established responses from 575 247 final-year students. Results Qualitative was provided 21 experts. initial teacher containing respectively 62 12 theoretical constructs, 28 7 modified improve clarity relevance. overall scale index was, order, .95 .94. Following interviews, resultant reduced 52 23 items. Furthermore, after confirmatory analysis, final version questionnaire 25 6 constructs 14 3 constructs. Good-for-fit indices model Cronbach alphas of, .89 .81 found questionnaire. Conclusion valid reliable inhibitor can be used schools identify achieve