WS3 phase 2: perceived ease of use and usefulness of the digital resource

The second and final phase of the evaluation will aim to uncover health profession students’ perceptions regarding the ease of use and usefulness of the digital resource. Four focus groups will be conducted with health profession students (n = 32) who have previously used the resource. These participants will be asked to provide consent to be contacted for this part of the evaluation after they complete WS3, Phase 1. Dependant on data saturation, the number of participants may be either increased or decreased. Focus group questions will be developed by the research team, aligned with the RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) framework [41] and Proctor et al.’s taxonomy on implementation outcomes [37]. Students will be asked to share suggestions on approaches for the resource to reach a wider student audience, how they would identify the effectiveness of the resource, ways in which the resource could be adopted and implemented by healthcare and educational institutions, and how it should be maintained over its lifetime.