Form #1 Form #1 Clinician Focus Group Discussion Guide

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Form Approved
OMB No. 0935-XXXX
Exp. Date XX/XX/20XX

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Clinician Focus Group Discussion Guide

Introduction

This feasibility study has focused on promoting awareness of patients’ guides developed through the Effective Health Care (EHC) Program that are relevant to the health issues of the population served by your clinic. The aim of this focus group discussion is to determine your perception and experience of the guides, and to obtain feedback on the dissemination methods used in this study.

Knowledge/awareness and experience

1. Were you familiar with the EHC products before these patient guides were advertised in the clinic?

2. What is your opinion about the usefulness of the EHC products in facilitating shared decision making?

3. Did any of your patients use and/or bring the EHC guides to discuss and ask questions about treatment options? (if yes, ask Q#3a and Q#3b)

   1. How did you use the guide?

   2. Is there any aspect/feature of the guides that you found particularly useful/less useful?

4. Do you typically use other patient information material to discuss treatment options with your patients?

   1. If yes, what material do you use?

   2. Based on your experience, are the EHC guides more/less useful?

Promotion and dissemination

5. Did you receive any request for information regarding the leaflets/posters displayed in the clinic?

6. Did you receive any requests for the materials publicized in the leaflets/posters?

7. Did you actively promote any of the guides to your patients (e.g., by giving them a leaflet/showing them the poster)?

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 45 minutes per response, the estimated time required to complete the survey. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to: AHRQ Reports Clearance Officer Attention: PRA, Paperwork Reduction Project (0935-XXXX) AHRQ, 540 Gaither Road, Room # 5036, Rockville, MD 20850.

8. Based on your experience/knowledge of your patient population, what is your opinion of the promotion & dissemination methods used in this feasibility study? What could have been done differently to improve the disseminations of the guides?