Table 2.

Data Generating Questions for Music Therapist Experiences

Research Question	Corresponding Data Generating Questions
1. Why did music therapists choose to participate in the SMART II trial?	Briefly describe why you chose to participate in the SMART study as a music therapist intervener?
2. What are the perceived challenges and benefits of delivering an intervention within a set protocol?	What has been most challenging and/or appealing about delivering an intervention with a set protocol? Describe your experience working as a member of the SMART team at your hospital and across hospitals—what were the challenges, what has helped you/your team move through those challenges, what worked/did not work, what recommendations would you make?
3. What are therapists’ experiences of self and external quality assurance monitoring?	Share your thoughts on quality assurance monitoring—both for your own work and for receiving information from monitors about your work/sessions.
4. What are therapists’ perspectives about their professional growth as a result of participating in a controlled trial study?	Has your study participation contributed to your growth as a clinician? If so, please describe. Have there been any changes in your daily practice as a result of your study involvement? Have there been any other opportunities that have emerged as a result of your SMART study involvement?
5. What are music therapists’ thoughts on the value of research in music therapy from a study interventionist perspective?	What are your thoughts on the value of research in music therapy from an MT intervener’s perspective?
6. What advice would you give to clinicians who are deciding whether to involve themselves in research at the workplace?	What advice would you give to a clinician who is deciding whether to involve themselves in research at the workplace?