Table 3. .

Interview Protocol Questions With Probes

1. Tell me about your background as an athletic trainer/athletic training educator.

2. Please discuss what EBP means to you.

a. What role do you feel research plays in EBP process?

b. What role do you feel the clinician plays in the EBP process?

c. What role do you feel the patient plays in the EBP process?

d. What perceptions do you have of the EBP process?

3. Why did you become interested in going through the online modules?

a. What expectations did you have for the online modules?

b. Did you have any previous EBP training prior to completing the online modules?

4. What were your perceptions of the online modules after completing them?

5. In what ways, if any, do you feel the online modules can be improved?

6. Did the online modules change your perceptions of EBP in any way?

7. Please discuss any barriers you encountered while completing the online modules.

8. Do you feel these online modules had a positive or negative impact, if any, on your daily teaching style in the classroom/clinical practice? Please explain.

9. What concepts, if any, did you take from the online modules and begin to implement within your didactic curriculum/clinical practice?

a. Are there concepts you feel like you need more information on before you can implement?

b. Are there any barriers preventing you from implementing these concepts?

10. What strategies do you feel will be useful to educate educators/clinicians on implementing EBP within didactic curricula/clinical practice?

11. Is there anything else you would like to add about EBP, athletic trainer education or clinical practice, or your own personal experience?

12. Are there any questions or topics I have not asked about that you would like to discuss?

Abbreviation: EBP, evidence-based practice.