Questionnaire for assessing education podcasts (QAEP): A cross-cultural adaptation to a Danish context

Background: Podcasts are popular and widely used in educational settings. A nationally validated tool with which to explore students’ perspectives on educational podcasts is lacking. Aim: We aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the “Questionnaire for Assessing Educational Podcasts (QAEP). Method: The translation and cross-cultural adaption comprised eight stages: forward translation, synthesis, backward translation, synthesis, preliminary expert committee, pilot testing, validating and submission of the article. Results: Translation and cross-cultural adaption issues were resolved by rewording items and deleting a question. Two pilot tests were conducted, initially on 24 nursing students and then on another 30 nursing students. The total alpha score denoting internal consistency was 0.883. Conclusion: The Danish QAEP encompasses 19 items collecting nursing students’ views on four dimensions of educational podcasts: access and use, design and structure, content adequacy and value as a learning aid.