Properties to Be Probed	Example Qualitative Questions (Where It Says XX Substitute a Specific Detail from the Medical Record)
1. Identifies an issue about the patient’s pain for clinical decision-making	Tell me something about this patient’s pain problem where research might help you make a decision about managing their problem?
2. Is able to formulate the question in an answerable manner	How would you format that question you wish to search for research evidence?—Are there any specific ways to formulate that question?
3. Could identify the source of research evidence to answer this question	Where might you find answers to that question? Where might you find research about that question?
4. Could identify how to find research evidence that would answer this question	If you were going to search for evidence to answer this question where would you look? How would you do that?
5. Was able to articulate the general conclusion from relevant research	Is there any research on this topic? Can you tell me what it says
6. Was able to articulate specifics of dosage or expected effects from relevant research	How did you determine the dosage or the expected treatment response? Is there any research about that? Please describe
7. Was able to name contraindications or considerations derived from relevant research	Were there any contraindications or factors that might modify this particular patient’s response to that treatment? If so, how do you know about that?
8. Was able to differentiate high quality versus low quality studies	What is the quality of the research on this topic? What kinds of study designs have been used?
9. Was able to identify and site systematic reviews pertaining to this question	Are there any systematic reviews that might help you with respect to this question?
Additional probes may be used to clarify how closely a respondent is matching the benchmarks below to assist with determining an accurate score.