ED Staff Interviews About the Pilot EPT Program
RS, WS
Structured interviews were conducted with emergency clinicians caring for EPT-eligible patients to explore barriers and reasons for EPT uptake. We used purposive sampling to interview the attendings, residents, PAs, and nurses who cared for EPT-eligible patients. Each clinician was invited via email to a telephone interview within 72 hours of the patient’s visit. Participants could participate in only one interview, even if they had provided care to multiple EPT-eligible patients.An independently generated, semi-structured interview guide was prepared using elements from the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR)The lead researcher RS is an emergency physician with formal training in qualitative methods and health services research. The interview team was composed of nine individuals: one expert in qualitative methodology who guided the analytical approach (MD); three resident physicians (AK, EA, WS); and four medical students (AR, JL, LD, ZC). All interview team members received training in the rapid assessment qualitative methodology from the lead researcher. RS did not conduct any of the interviewers. None of the interviewers had a supervisory role related to participants. Interviewers were not compensated.