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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: AJOB Empir Bioeth. 2015 Jan 22;6(3):1–14. doi: 10.1080/23294515.2014.981316

Table 3.

In-depth interviews and focus-group discussions—Illustrative questions

Research ethics training Graduate students, research staff, researchers, IRB members Have you ever taken any courses in bioethics or participated in ethics training?
Research ethics resources Graduate students, research staff, researchers If you had a bioethics or research ethics question, where would you go to get an answer?
Perception of strengths and challenges Research staff, researchers, IRB members What do you see as [Institution]’s greatest research ethics strengths?
Research ethics and [Institution]’s approach to ethics review IRB members What do you feel is the role of the IRB at the [Institution]?
Research ethics influences Research staff, researchers How do research ethics issues affect your day-to-day research activities?
Research experience Graduate students Have you conducted any research at [Institution] as a graduate student?