Development and validation of the Hocus Focus Magic Performance Evaluation Scale for health professions personnel

This study was conducted to describe the development and validation of the Hocus Focus Magic Performance Evaluation Scale (HFMPES), which is used to evaluate the competency of health professions personnel in delivering magic tricks as a therapeutic modality. A 2-phase validation process was used. Phase I (content validation) involved 16 magician judges who independently rated the relevance of each of the 5 items in the HFMPES and established the veracity of its content. Phase II evaluated the psychometric properties of the HFMPES. This process involved 2 magicians using the HFMPES to independently evaluate 73 occupational therapy graduate students demonstrating 3 magic tricks. (a 4-point scale: 1=not relevant, 2=unable to assess relevance without major revision, 3=relevant but needs a minor alteration, and 4=very relevant and succinct.)