Appendix Table 1. Focus Groups held at Wisconsin Research and Education Network's (WREN's) 2014 Convocation of Practices: Introductory, Transition, and Key Focus Group Questions
QuestionFollow-up QuestionsQuestion Type
1. How did you come to be a part of the WREN studies at your clinic?*a. What was your role in working with the WREN projects at your clinic?Introductory
2. What do people in your clinic say when they talk about WREN studies?*Transition
3. Did participation in WREN studies affect the way you do your work in the clinic?a. Are there any other examples?Key
4. Can you describe something positive that has happened because you were a part of a WREN study?Key
5. Can you describe something negative that has happened as a result of being a part of a WREN study?a. If yes, what do you think contributed to this negative?
b. Can you think of any way we could have turned this situation around into a positive?		Key
6. What do you consider to be the most important things you learned as a result of your participation in WREN studies?†Key
7. Is there anything that made your participation in WREN studies easier?Key
8. Is there anything that made your participation in WREN studies more difficult?Key
9. What can WREN do to support clinic staff during a WREN project?Key
10. What advice would you have for someone who wants to do a project with your clinic?Ending
11. If you were giving advice to a colleague about working with WREN, what would you say?Ending
12. Is there anything we have not yet discussed that you think is important for us to know?Ending

  • ↵* Questions asked in a round-robin style. Unless indicated, remaining questions used a “popcorn” style to generate ideas through rapid-fire responses. Prompts were provided when a question did not generate any initial responses.

  • ↵† Participants wrote individual responses on sticky notes and shared by placing then on a wall, organizing by similar ideas.