Table 1.

List of questions and prompts used for the interview schedule.

1. What led you to be interested in the communication of unexpected news in obstetric ultrasound? 2. What was your initial reaction to the planned intervention? [Reference to the document and check that the participant has read this].  a. Is there anything you see as positive or potentially problematic?  b. Did you have any questions or was there anything on it you were unsure about? 3. What did you think of the intervention structure?  a. Number/length of sessions.  b. When/what time should sessions be held.  c. How far in advance should they be scheduled?  d. What length of time should there be between coaching sessions? 4. What were your thoughts on the coaching approach?  a. Audio-recordings appropriate?  b. How do you think audio-recording and/or transcriptions of sessions will be received by sonographers?  c. Sonographers will be asked to read the Improving News Delivery in Ultrasound (INDIRA) guidelines or summary paper in between the first and second session, what are your thoughts on this?  d. Should clinic type be stipulated or flexible (e.g. early pregnancy and assessment unit vs. foetal anomaly screening programme)?  e. Concerns around consenting patients? 5. What were your thoughts on the target communication behaviours?  a. Were the general communication behaviours all relevant?  b. Are some communication behaviours missing? or should some be removed?  c. How closely should ultrasound-specific target communication behaviours be discussed and focused upon?  d. How do you think these can be best presented to sonographers? (e.g. use of tables/worksheets) 6. What is your view on completing the coaching over a video platform (e.g. teams, zoom)?  a. How do you think sonographers will react to this?  b. Is there anything that could be put in place to make this as engaging as possible?  c. Are there any ethical issues which should be considered here? 7. What did you think of the assessment approach?  a. Do you think sonographers will be comfortable with having their communication practice assessed?  b. Which communication practices in particular do you think should be focused on by the assessment? (e.g. empathy, ultrasound set-up, use of neutral language, etc.)  c. Is there anything which should be assessed which our plan is currently missing? 8. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Is there anything else you would like to comment on?