Table 1

Timeline

First yearSecond yearThird year
First milestone: study preparationQ1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4Q1Q2Q3Q4
Ethical approval for study            
Study protocol            
Preparation (eg, topic guide)            
Recruitment of experts            
Realist review of evidence            
Dissemination at conference            
Second milestone: data collection            
Consecutive expert interviews            
Recruitment of lay participants            
Lay participant interviews            
Expert focus groups            
Third milestone: data entry/analysis            
Transcription and qualitative analysis of expert interviews            
Transcription and qualitative analysis of lay interviews            
Fourth milestone: publication            
Paper 1: study protocol            
Paper 2: realist review            
Paper 3: expert views            
Paper 4: lay views            
Fifth milestone: final dissemination            
Submission of final report            

  • The shaded cells indicate at what time the project tasks will be completed.

  • Q, quarter.