Validating the Assessing Student Competence and Knowledge of Social Determinants of Health (ASCK-SDH) Instrument

The impact of the social determinants health (SDH) on outcomes is receiving increased attention. Health profession students need to learn about SDH; however, there are no validated tools measure student competence in assessing SDH. There a for brief, valid instrument competency and knowledge This study secondary analysis data collected pre (N=394) post (N=387) an interprofessional learning event. We utilized principal component (PCA) with varimax rotation determine internal structure tool. original consisted 11 items; resulted two factors. Based factors it was determined three items from Factor 2 were not contributing scale; therefore, they removed. final measure, Assessing Student Competence & Knowledge Social Determinants (ASCK-SDH), consists eight rated 4-point Likert scale. indicated high consistency at (Cronbach’s α= 0.81) α=0.89) tests. ASCK-SDH tool provides SDH can be used assess learning.