Appendix B

Appendix B – Interview Guide Background Questions 1. 2. 3. 4.

How long have you been on faculty/staff here at [hospital]? How many years have you been in practice? Roughly, how many learners do you usually supervise during an average shift? How many blocks (/13) have you acted as a preceptor for an emergency medicine learner in the past year? 5. What training route did you take to become an emergency physician? 6. Other than emergency medicine, do you have any other advanced qualifications or specialty certifications? Overall Thoughts 7. How long have you been using McMAP? 8. What are your thoughts on the workplace-based assessments in McMAP? Specifically, we would like to know your thoughts on the tasks that are rated in the clinical environment for McMAP. 9. Do you feel prepared to take on the role of a McMAP assessor? The Observation Experience 10. Can you tell me how you give feedback to learners? 11. When you make an assessment, what do you normally look for in the resident’s performance? 12. When you make your assessment, does context play into your decision, and how? 13. (If applicable) How did your experiences with McMAP as a resident shape your experience with it as a staff? 14. Are there times when assessment becomes more challenging than usual? 15. Are there times when assessment becomes easier than usual? 16. How similar or different would you expect your task assessments of a specific learner to be to those of another staff? 17. When you are completing global ratings, what determines the final rating for residents? 18. Does completing a checklist before the global rating score affect the global rating score you generate? 19. There is a capability to only do a task or only do a global rating on a resident. Do you ever do this (i.e., split up the task and the global rating)? 20. Do you have any suggestions for improving McMAP?