Evaluating the Effectiveness of Quick Response Codes in Educating Panel Physicians

Form Approved

OMB Control # 0920-0923

Expiration Date 05/31/2015

In-Depth Interview Guide¹

Panel Physician Name:

Numeric Code:

Location:

Date:

Introduction

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this one-on-one interview. The goal of this evaluation is to determine if Quick Response (QR) codes are a more convenient and effective method for panel physicians to access information on vaccine, tuberculosis, mental health, and sexually transmitted infectious guidelines compared to the traditional print materials or Internet searches. Additionally, we are interested in your opinions concerning online information about the Technical Instructions and other panel physician resources. Lastly, we would like to determine how the type of mobile device used affects your experience with QR codes.

1. How have you accessed the Technical Instructions (TIs) and other information related to U.S. immigrant and refugee medical examinations in the past?

2. Have you used Quick Response (QR) codes before to access CDC-related material? [Remind the participant what a QR code is.]

1. Describe the information you were looking for when using the QR code.

2. What information do you access most frequently using QR codes?

3. How often did you use QR codes to access information related to the Technical Instructions in the past month?

If not, how do you access the Technical Instructions?

3. What is your opinion of the content and design of the information you are linked to after scanning a QR code?

1. Does it answer your questions?

2. Is the information organized and easy to locate?

4. What factors influence your decision to use or not use QR codes during U.S. visa medical examinations?²

5. Can you tell me about some of the barriers and limitations of QR codes as a mechanism to link panel physicians to information?³

6. Can you tell me about some of the advantages of using QR codes?

7. When do you access Technical Instructions most often? (During the patient consultation or after the patient leaves?)

8. Do you think your staff members or other panel physicians would use QR codes to access information?⁴

9. What expectations do you have for CDC in regards to providing guidance to panel physicians performing U.S. visa medical examinations?

1 This is a tentative interview guide and may be subject to change depending on the direction of the interview.

2 What factors influence your decision to use Technical Instruction materials?

3 Can you tell me about some of the barriers and limitations you face when trying to access Technical Instructions and other reference materials?

4 If you had access to QR codes, would this increase how often you or your panel site staff access the Technical Instructions?

Public reporting burden of this collection of information is estimated to average 1 hour per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. 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 CDC/ATSDR Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta, Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA 0920-0923.