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. 2016 Aug 5;21:10.3402/meo.v21.31900. doi: 10.3402/meo.v21.31900

Table 1.

Question guides for focus groups for interprofessional student-run clinic, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, 2016

Key questions Probes
Uniprofessional groups
1. Tell us what you learned about another profession that was new or surprising to you, and which profession/s you were most likely to learn something new about. • Why were you surprised?
• How will your learning about the other professions help you in future practice?
2. What were the aspects of team-based care that were improved/worsened compared with care in settings where care is provided by one profession only? • Why do you think this aspect of care was enhanced/made worse?
• Please give an example.
3. Other than interprofessional learning, what else did you learn from the SRC that is likely to impact your future practice? • Has the experience affected your career choice? Clinical skills?
• What did you learn about leadership and management?
4. Share your thoughts about the value of the SRC experience for professional development. • No probes.
Multiprofessional groups
1. What are best ways for you to learn to prepare for future practice? • How do you prepare for future practice?
• How do you learn best?
• What qualities of precepting help you?
2. How is precepting in the IPE model different or similar from your experience of precepting in your training? • What did you learn from preceptors?
• How is it different from what you learned in your own program rotations?
3. How did the process of care impact your learning in the SRC? • What did you learn from seeing the patient as a team?
• What did you learn from the huddle process?
4. Tell us what you think is the optimal learning environment for IPE. • No probes.