Interview guide questions for focus groups according to Michie's theoretical domains72
| Domains | Interview questions |
|---|---|
| Knowledge | Are there any hospital guidelines for pharmacists to deliver clinical pharmacy services? What do you think the level of evidence is for these guidelines? What do you know about medication reconciliation and review? What do you think is the level of evidence for medication reconciliation and review? Can you describe pharmacists' roles in medication safety activities? |
| Skills | Do you know how to deliver clinical pharmacy services? Do you know how to deliver medication reconciliation and review services? Is identification of medication related problems difficult for you? Have you attended in-service training to deliver clinical pharmacy services? |
| Social/professional role | Is doing medication reconciliation and review compatible with your professional role? Who is responsible for these services at your hospital? Do you think hospital guidelines supports your professional roles as a pharmaceutical care practitioners? |
| Beliefs about capabilities | How easy or difficult do you find performing clinical pharmacy activities? What problems have you encountered? How capable are you in performing medication reconciliation and review? How confident are you that you can do these services despite difficulties? How comfortable do you feel to undertake these services? |
| Beliefs about consequences | What are the likely positive/negative outcomes of reporting/communicating medication related problems? What are the costs of delivering medication reconciliation and review, and what are the costs of the consequences of these services? Are you concerned if these services are not provided at your hospital? Do the benefits of doing these services outweigh the costs? Does the evidence suggests that doing these services are beneficial? |
| Motivation and goals | How motivated are you to deliver medication reconciliation and review? Are there incentives to provide these services? Do you have any other hospital activity that hinders these services? |
| Memory, attention and decision processes | Will you consider providing medication reconciliation and review services? If so, how frequently would you undertake this activity? How much priority have you given to these services? |
| Environmental context and resources | To what extent do physical factors or resources facilitate or hinder delivering medication reconciliation/review? Are there competing tasks and time constraints? Are the necessary resources available to undertake these services? Do these services have advantages compared with the standard care? Do government and local authorities provide sufficient support for these services? |
| Social influences | Are clinical pharmacy services in the hospital well acknowledged by other healthcare professionals? Do hospital managers acknowledge your role? Is there any obstruction to these activities in your hospital? Have you observed others providing these clinical services? |
| Emotion | What things worry you the most in providing medication reconciliation/review services? To what extent do emotional factors facilitate or hinder these services? |
| Behavioural regulation | Have you received feedback from other healthcare professionals regarding these services? What intimal steps are needed to deliver these services? |
| Nature of the behaviours | What do you currently do? How long are the changes going to take? Are there any systems in place for sustainable long term changes? |