Table 1 Semi-structured interview guide
Introductory questions |
Can you tell me a bit about your work setting and your role? How long have you been working in your current position? |
Transition questions |
Could you tell me how often you care for a person who has end-of-life care needs? |
How well prepared have you felt to care for a person with end-of-life care needs? |
What has helped you develop the clinical skills to provide care for people with end-of-life needs? (Probes – undergraduate, postgraduate, on the job training? Organisational support?) |
So given your access to those resources/training what made you choose to do the End-of-Life Essentials education modules/Tool Kit? (Probes – personal professional development, workplace requirement?) |
Key questions |
Do you recall any of the themes or content of the modules/toolkit? Is there one module or modules/toolkit in particular that has been the most helpful for you in your everyday clinical practice? (Probes – Why is that? Which aspects were most helpful/least helpful?) |
What is the most challenging thing when working with a person who has end-of-life needs? (Probe – In what ways have the modules/toolkit influenced your clinical care of those with end-of-life needs?) |
How have the EOLE modules /toolkit affected your confidence in identifying patient needs? (Probe – In what ways has this influenced your ability to identify patient needs?) |
In what ways have the EOLE modules /toolkit influenced your ability to raise end-of-life discussions with other team members/patients and carers? |
Could you describe the most significant change to your clinical practice since completing the EOLE education modules/toolkit? |
Can you talk with me about any barriers/challenges you have faced when using the knowledge and skills you have learned from the EOLE modules/toolkit? |
Conversely what supports do you have in your workplace to implement what you have learnt from the EOLE modules/toolkit? |
Can you talk about how your organisation approaches patient end-of-life care needs? |
Would you recommend the EOLE education modules to colleagues? (Probes - Can you tell me why you answered in this way?) |
If you could change anything about the EOLE eLearning modules/toolkit, what would it be? |
Ending questions |
Of all the things we discussed today, which one is the most important to you? |
Is there anything else we should talk about but didn’t? |