Table 1 Interview guide
This guide reflects the general questions asked in the interviews. The interviewers slightly adjusted the wording based on whether they were interviewing a learner or educator. | |
Introduction | |
I am looking to study the factors that influence engagement in healthcare simulation virtual debriefing. My questions will be around things that demonstrate or affect engagement, including verbal, nonverbal, behavioral, and other elements that may play a role. Your responses can be positive or negative. I am more interested in your perspective as a learner/educator and what you have noticed about things that influence engagement. | |
Demographics questions | |
How many/ how often do you participate in virtual debriefings? | |
How comfortable are you with virtual debriefings? | |
What platform do you use for virtual debriefings? | |
What learner groups/ levels do you virtually debrief/debrief with? | |
How many learners are typically in a group? | |
How comfortable are you with technology? | |
Interview questions | |
1. What is your definition of engagement? | |
2. What did you observe that made you think learners were engaged? How did this impact engagement? | |
3. When you see X, what would you speculate to be the reasons they did X? | |
4. When X happened, what did that do for you? What did that do for the debriefing (conversation or learning)? E.g., one participant was nodding the entire time. | |
5. What did you observe that made you think learners were not engaged? How did this impact engagement? | |
6. What strategies did you use BEFORE the activity that you believe increased engagement? How did this impact engagement? | |
7. What strategies did you use DURING that you believe increased engagement? How did this impact engagement? | |
8. What strategies did you use BEFORE the activity that you believe may have decreased engagement? How did this impact engagement? | |
9. What strategies did you use DURING the activity that you believe decreased engagement? How did this impact engagement? | |
10. What cognitive aids if any did you use? How did you use it (e.g., in your head, printed or digital document, technology tools [chat box, hand raise feature, etc.]?) | |
11. Is there anything else you noticed, such as nonverbal behavior or body language that you think might have influenced engagement, whether positively or negatively? | |
12. Did you feel psychological safety was established and maintained during the debriefing? | |
13. Did you notice anything that made you feel less comfortable that might have decreased engagement – such as visuals in the background. How did this influence engagement? | |
14. What kind of debriefing training have you had? | |
15. What kind of conversational training have you had? | |
16. What kind of conversations-related online education training have you had? | |
Final questions | |
Our hypothesis is that there might be a correlation with comfort with technology regardless of age; however, we would like to see if age might, in fact, correlate to specific findings. This question is optional. Would you be willing to give us an age or an age range for you? | |
Your geographical location | |
Your cultural identity |