Probes: What problems could you foresee and what ways do you think these might be solved? (e.g. timing – who should conduct the test and what should happen whilst waiting for the result?) Knowledge Are you aware of guideline changes for antimalarial prescribing and malaria diagnosis? Prompt: Where did you receive this information? Do you trust the source of information and why/why not? What has been your experience of training in malaria diagnoses before you started working and during your career? Prompt: What do you think about what you have been taught at different stages? How does it relate to what you know now? Supervision What is your experience with supervision at this health facility? / Physical Prompt: Does anyone supervise how diagnoses are made at this health facility? What environment usually happens with routine supervision from the district: how frequent, who is supervisor, relationship with supervisor, what they ask, do they give any feedback? What is your experience with the way logistics of supplies work at the health facility? Prompt: What roles do different people play, is there an established system for: supply procurement, storage, monitoring? How do you think RDTs might fit with your current systems of logistics and supervision? Prompt: Can you suggest any ways that RDTs could be integrated with your work without creating extra work for you and your colleagues? Social In your opinion, what do patients (adults and children) expect from consultations when environment they attend here with fever? Prompt: Expectations for drugs, clinical or test-based diagnoses? Can you give examples of your own experiences of patient preferences? Do you think you would find it easier to change your practice (types of drugs or diagnostic methods) if patients had different demands? Prompt: How do you think patient demands or expectations might be changed? What strategies might be effective? What do you perceive are the expectations of your peers for the pattern of diagnoses and prescriptions from here? Prompt: What are their perceptions of the risk of malaria, risk of misdiagnosing malaria and other diseases? Do you agree with the opinions of your peers? How is your relationship with colleagues at this health facility- does this create any support/barriers
Probes: What problems could you foresee and what ways do you think these might be solved? (e.g. timing – who should conduct the test and what should happen whilst waiting for the result?) Knowledge Are you aware of guideline changes for antimalarial prescribing and malaria diagnosis? Prompt: Where did you receive this information? Do you trust the source of information and why/why not? What has been your experience of training in malaria diagnoses before you started working and during your career? Prompt: What do you think about what you have been taught at different stages? How does it relate to what you know now? Supervision / Physical environment What is your experience with supervision at this health facility? Prompt: Does anyone supervise how diagnoses are made at this health facility? What usually happens with routine supervision from the district: how frequent, who is supervisor, relationship with supervisor, what they ask, do they give any feedback? What is your experience with the way logistics of supplies work at the health facility? Prompt: What roles do different people play, is there an established system for: supply procurement, storage, monitoring? How do you think RDTs might fit with your current systems of logistics and supervision? Prompt: Can you suggest any ways that RDTs could be integrated with your work without creating extra work for you and your colleagues? Social environment In your opinion, what do patients (adults and children) expect from consultations when they attend here with fever? Prompt: Expectations for drugs, clinical or test-based diagnoses? Can you give examples of your own experiences of patient preferences? Do you think you would find it easier to change your practice (types of drugs or diagnostic methods) if patients had different demands? Prompt: How do you think patient demands or expectations might be changed? What strategies might be effective? What do you perceive are the expectations of your peers for the pattern of diagnoses and prescriptions from here? Prompt: What are their perceptions of the risk of malaria, risk of misdiagnosing malaria and other diseases? Do you agree with the opinions of your peers? How is your relationship with colleagues at this health facility- does this create any support/barriers
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