Table 1 Topic guide for interviews
Topic | Content and focus of topic |
|---|---|
Demographics | Place and year of graduation, highest level of education, age, gender, work situation and hours of work per week, length of time in clinical practice (since graduation and before injury) |
Mechanism of injury | Identify body part(s) injured and explore exposure factors related to how and why the injury occurred |
Effects of injury | Uncover practitioner experiences of the effects on work practices, and home and leisure activities (including financial, psychological and social) |
Coping with a WRMI including treatment | Managing effects of injury and exploring methods of rehabilitation |
Suggestions | Participants’ suggestions for the profession of osteopathy, including prevention and risk minimisation of WRMIs |