Nancy LaPelle
Nancy.LaPelle@umassmed.edu
November 2012
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Recruit researcher with a story to tell
Get consent to record
Provide script to interviewee, if desired
Conduct interview
a) Review project purpose
b) Ask questions and clarify responses
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Draft case and outstanding questions
Ask researcher to review/edit/respond
Review with project team; note their
questions
a) If needed, get questions answered by researcher
* Referenced page #s refer to the handout sent earlier
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Overview question(s) – intent is to get
researcher to talk about aspects of the
project s/he sees as significant with as little
prompting as possible
Each question 2-7 (and prompts) may be
omitted if interviewee has fully addressed
topic while providing overview
Questions 2-7 reflect the topics in the
“Simplified Data Management Plan” used as
a framework for the curriculum
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They don’t follow the process steps exactly
Research interviewee was on project team
Interview was done in two steps
• Overview questions only were asked at first meeting
• Interviewer listened to recording and summarized
key points (pp. 4-5)
• Realizing gaps, a second interview (actually done
via email) was done asking her to specifically
address the topics in the simplified management
plan in a more organized way (pp. 6-7)
• The current process combines these two data
collection activities in a single interview
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Combine data collected from overview question
and questions 2-7 into a story line See pp. (8-9)
• Overview of project purpose and team roles
• Description of each data source, data collection
mechanisms, formats, storage/backup/security
methods, related legal and ethical issues, challenges
encountered
• Data analysis/integration process
• Issues related to possible reuse or sharing of the data
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Draft possible discussion questions related to
curriculum modules (See pp. 9-10)
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Researcher review
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Project team review (See p. 11)
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Make revisions (See pp. 12-13)
• Have you captured what they told you correctly?
• What questions remain to be addressed from your
perspective?
• What changes would researcher make?
• How can the case be used to illustrate learning
objectives in the curriculum modules?
• For which modules would/wouldn’t the case be a
relevant learning tool
• Does the project staff have questions that only the
researcher can answer?
• Get answers from researcher as needed
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Finalize teaching points this case can be used
to illustrate for each module (p. 14)
Develop shorter excerpts of the case that can
be used for the relevant modules (p. 15)
Revise discussion questions related to that
module (p. 16)
Develop assessment quizzes as needed for
the case related to modules for which it is
relevant (pp. 17-18)
Provide answer sheet for the quizzes
Ask Nancy for help when needed